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Classics : 62 great books from the Iliad to Midnight's children / Jane Gleeson-White.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: North Sydney, N.S.W. : Random House Australia, 2007.Description: 403 p. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781741664737 (pbk.) :
Other title:
  • Classics : sixty two great books from the Iliad to Midnight's children
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 011.73 22
Summary: Mark Twain defined a literary classic as 'something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read'. But what was true in the nineteenth century doesn't hold today. Mr Darcy is hotter than he ever was, and Brad Pitt fought to fill Achilles' sandals. Teachers and reading groups hunger for recommendations from 'the canon', which is no longer taught. This accessible, impassioned and inspiring guide to the great books of the past will be eagerly embraced and discussed by passionate and grateful readers.
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Non-Fiction Non-Fiction Waimate Located at Event Centre Non Fiction 011.73 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan Not For Loan A00472339

Bibliography: p. 395-402.

Mark Twain defined a literary classic as 'something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read'. But what was true in the nineteenth century doesn't hold today. Mr Darcy is hotter than he ever was, and Brad Pitt fought to fill Achilles' sandals. Teachers and reading groups hunger for recommendations from 'the canon', which is no longer taught. This accessible, impassioned and inspiring guide to the great books of the past will be eagerly embraced and discussed by passionate and grateful readers.

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