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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 255 pages
3.84
3k+ ratings
Memoir
Books About Books
Biography
How to Read Literature Like a Professor Summary
How to Read Literature Like a Professor
by Thomas C. Foster 2003 314 pages
3.59
32k+ ratings
School
Books About Books
Writing
The Art of Fiction Summary
The Art of Fiction
Notes on Craft for Young Writers
by John Gardner 1984 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
3.93
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
3.87
100+ ratings
Books About Books
Literary Criticism
Literature
Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy Summary
Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy
Curiouser And Curiouser
by William Irwin 2009 211 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Literary Criticism
Shakespeare's Freedom Summary
Shakespeare's Freedom
by Stephen Greenblatt 2010 160 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 2006 302 pages
3.77
11k+ ratings
Writing
Books About Books
Reference
Hard-Core Romance Summary
Hard-Core Romance
"Fifty Shades of Grey," Best-Sellers, and Society
by Eva Illouz 2013 97 pages
3.54
100+ ratings
Sociology
Feminism
Sexuality
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 2003 240 pages
4.27
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Books About Books
Why Read Moby-Dick? Summary
Why Read Moby-Dick?
by Nathaniel Philbrick 2010 131 pages
3.76
4k+ ratings
Literary Criticism
Books About Books
Classics
How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read Summary
How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read
by Pierre Bayard 2007 185 pages
3.43
4k+ ratings
Books About Books
Philosophy
Essays
How Fiction Works Summary
How Fiction Works
by James Wood 2008 265 pages
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 1961 224 pages
3.90
100+ ratings
Writing
Short Stories
Literary Criticism
Aspects of the Novel Summary
Aspects of the Novel
by E.M. Forster 1927 192 pages
3.81
4k+ ratings
Writing
Literary Criticism
Essays
The Limits of Interpretation Summary
The Limits of Interpretation
by Umberto Eco 1990 304 pages
4.12
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Semiotics
Essays
Science Fiction Summary
Science Fiction
A Very Short Introduction
by David Seed 2011 147 pages
3.26
500+ ratings
Literature
Literary Criticism
History
Ursula K. Le Guin Summary
Ursula K. Le Guin
Conversations on Writing
by Ursula K. Le Guin 2018 138 pages
4.28
2k+ ratings
Writing
Essays
Books About Books
Writing and Difference Summary
Writing and Difference
by Jacques Derrida 1967 362 pages
4.00
7k+ ratings
Philosophy
Theory
France
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