About This Book
Why do we read literature and how do we judge it? C. S. Lewis's classic An Experiment in Criticism springs from the conviction that literature exists for the joy of the reader and that books should be judged by the kind of reading they invite. He argues that "good reading," like moral action or reli...
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2h 13m
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180 WPM
1h 36m
average reader
250 WPM
1h 8m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 23,925 wordsπ
4 days at 30 min/day
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