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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.
In January 1946, the Penguin Classics list was launched with E. V. Rieu's translation of The Odyssey. The series now consists of over 800 titles including the best in English, American, European, classical and non-western literature and an extensive range of philosophy, religion, art, history and politics titles.
| ISBN: | 9780141189703 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Pub date: | 28 May 2009 |
| DEWEY: | 809 |
| DEWEY edition: | 23 |
| Language: | English |
| Number of pages: | 277 |
| Weight: | 214g |
| Height: | 198mm |
| Width: | 127mm |
| Spine width: | 17mm |
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