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There are intellectual giants and there are delicious wordsmiths and there are crafty storytellers. And then there's Barzun, who encompasses all.

When you can tell me the premise, and I can tell you the ending, without having read it, a stupendous error has been rendered.
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An unforgettable tragedy, worthy of its title as the "American anabasis." This account is skillful, thorough, and affecting. Reckoning with these events should remain vital to all Americans forever.
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As life-changing for me as was heralded. A monumental achievement in comparative mythology. A book I had been told countless times to read -- and long ignored. O, how I was wrong!
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The most insightful, provocative, edifying, and thrilling book of literary theory imaginable. That's right. Thrilling literary theory. See for yourself.
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The best page-to-screen adaptation bar none, in terms of faithfulness and spiritual capture. And yet the book and film are never redundant to one another. Each remains a formidable thrill all their own.
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There is nothing quite like it.
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A masterpiece.