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A Jane Austen Education Summary
A Jane Austen Education
How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter
by William Deresiewicz 2011 272 pages
3.84
3k+ ratings
Memoir
Books About Books
Biography
The Art of Fiction Summary
The Art of Fiction
Notes on Craft for Young Writers
by John Gardner 1991 240 pages
3.99
6k+ ratings
Writing
Crafts
Reference
A Life Worth Living Summary
A Life Worth Living
Albert Camus and the Quest for Meaning
by Robert Zaretsky 2013 240 pages
4.01
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Biography
France
The Art of Intimacy Summary
The Art of Intimacy
The Space Between
by Stacey D'Erasmo 2013 144 pages
3.95
100+ ratings
Writing
Essays
Crafts
Give War and Peace a Chance Summary
Give War and Peace a Chance
Tolstoyan Wisdom for Troubled Times
by Andrew D. Kaufman 2014 288 pages
3.89
100+ ratings
Books About Books
Literary Criticism
Literature
Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy Summary
Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy
Curiouser and Curiouser
by Richard Brian Davis 2009 240 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Literary Criticism
Shakespeare's Freedom Summary
Shakespeare's Freedom
by Stephen Greenblatt 2012 168 pages
3.81
100+ ratings
Literary Criticism
Literature
History
Reading Like a Writer Summary
Reading Like a Writer
A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
by Francine Prose 2009 320 pages
3.77
11k+ ratings
Writing
Books About Books
Reference
Step Across This Line Summary
Step Across This Line
Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002
by Salman Rushdie 2002 416 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
Essays
India
Politics
The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy Summary
The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy
One Book to Rule Them All
by Gregory Bassham 2013 256 pages
4.27
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Books About Books
How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read Summary
How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read
by Pierre Bayard
3.43
4k+ ratings
Books About Books
Philosophy
Essays
How Fiction Works Summary
How Fiction Works
by James Wood
3.99
7k+ ratings
Writing
Literary Criticism
Books About Books
The Lonely Voice Summary
The Lonely Voice
A Study of the Short Story
by Frank O'Connor
3.90
100+ ratings
Writing
Short Stories
Literary Criticism
Aspects of the Novel Summary
Aspects of the Novel
by E.M. Forster
3.81
4k+ ratings
Writing
Literary Criticism
Essays
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