How to Read a NovelA User’s GuideJohn SutherlandISBN 186197986XISBN 13 9781861979865August 2007Price £7.99Paperback, 288 pp.Buy this book at amazon.co.ukView quote sheetSubject: Literary Criticism |
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John Sutherland takes the reader on a literary journey from the first English novels of three hundred years ago to the present avalanche of ten thousand a year. In a series of informed and intelligent conversations set around a variety of exemplary texts he shows that reading a novel is not a spectator sport, but an intense participatory activity. People of all ages, classes and nationalities read novels – Sutherland gives us new insights into what we read, new questions to pose and the means to pursue them. ‘enlightening stuff’ ‘an amiable stroll… there’s much enjoyment to be had from the author’s examination of everything...’ |
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