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How Should One Read a Book?
by Virginia Woolf
I was first introduced to Woolf's writing when I was studying English Literature at university and we read an essay and Mrs Dalloway. I immediately loved her writing I am glad she has become such an influential person not only for her words but as a woman in those times.
This edition has both a foreword and afterword by Sheila Heti and she begins with re-calling a term used by Woolf; that a book is a 'shadow shape' that stays with you long after you have read it and I find this to be very true. You may not remember anything specific about a book but you know that it impacted you in some way and that is how you remember it.
Woolf's essay talks in depth about whether we should judge a book or simply enjoy it as a pleasure to read a story that captures our attention but in reality it is solely up to the reader how to read a book so long as you keep an open mind.
She finishes the essay by considering reading is not for intellectual gain but simply for the love of books and reading.
Her essays always make you think and she made some very good points throughout and at the end of the day, I personally read books for pleasure.
* I received a free copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review *
This edition has both a foreword and afterword by Sheila Heti and she begins with re-calling a term used by Woolf; that a book is a 'shadow shape' that stays with you long after you have read it and I find this to be very true. You may not remember anything specific about a book but you know that it impacted you in some way and that is how you remember it.
Woolf's essay talks in depth about whether we should judge a book or simply enjoy it as a pleasure to read a story that captures our attention but in reality it is solely up to the reader how to read a book so long as you keep an open mind.
She finishes the essay by considering reading is not for intellectual gain but simply for the love of books and reading.
Her essays always make you think and she made some very good points throughout and at the end of the day, I personally read books for pleasure.
* I received a free copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review *