Why Read the Classics? - Penguin Modern Classics

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Publisher's Synopsis

Why Read the Classics? is an elegant defence of the value of great literature by one of the finest authors of the last century. Beginning with an essay on the attributes that define a classic (number one - classics are those books that people always say they are 'rereading', not 'reading'), this is an absorbing collection of Italo Calvino's witty and passionate criticism.

Book information

ISBN: 9780141189703
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Pub date:
DEWEY: 809
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 277
Weight: 218g
Height: 198mm
Width: 127mm
Spine width: 17mm