Why Read the Classics?

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Summary: Exceptional Anthology
Review: An inspirational collection from an excellent essayist. Highly recommended for anyone with an interest in literature.

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Summary: A personal antology
Review: The answer to the question sophisticatedly raised by this little anthology, is given in the essay which opens the collection.The basic reason lies in forming a personal scale of values that help you individualize the real artistic elements in new works. The second one is that reading increases the quality of living in usual and unusual situations, as well. But the quality of school anthologies and their presentations is still an open problem.

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Summary: Calvino get you inloved with literature!!
Review: What makes a book a clasic? Borges once said in a conference, that the fact that a whole generation lives with the idea of a book makes it a classic, Calvino involve you in that idea..