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published
March 1st 1988
by University Press of New England
binding
Paperback, 220 pages
isbn
0874514320
(isbn13: 9780874514322)
description
One of America's finest essayists writes about 40 literary masterpieces that have been wrongfully forgotten or were ignored in the first place.
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Read in January, 2009
This is an enjoyable collection of super-short essays (between 4-6 pages apiece, as I recall) about unappreciated books that Perrin loves. I last read it in September, 2004, and marked down most of his recommendations only to (as so often happens) fail to follow up on them. I was thus pleasantly surprised when I decided to reread it to discover that quite a few books I've fallen in love with since then are noted in Perrin's text. As I realised this time through, however, his reviews often don...more
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Read in December, 2001
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While a great book is hard to beat, a good book about great books is a sturdy second. In this charming and chatty book, Noel Perrin, book lover and professor of enviromental studies, unearths 40 more or less
forgotten gems with, as he says, "its simple purpose[being] to steer people toward a winter's worth or a summer's worth of unusually pleasing reading." I have read as many of the books mentioned as I could or have yet found and have not yet been dissapointed. I bookcrossed my ...more
forgotten gems with, as he says, "its simple purpose[being] to steer people toward a winter's worth or a summer's worth of unusually pleasing reading." I have read as many of the books mentioned as I could or have yet found and have not yet been dissapointed. I bookcrossed my ...more
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12/27/07
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Read in December, 2007
recommends it for:
anyone who thinks there's nothing left to read.
That's a literal title. I had heard of a few of Perrin's authors or titles (Robert Graves, Joseph Mitchell, Guard of Honor, A Fine and Private Place) and now, solely on the his enticing, enchanting essays, I want to read them all. And even if Perrin is wrong (which I doubt) and the books' obscurity deserved, I shall have delighted in Perrin's essays themselves, which are as masterful as the books they tout.
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10/22/08
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Read in January, 1992
Everyone should read some Noel Perrin. He recommends so many of my favorites in A Readers Delight. Including Watership Down , A fine and private place, and one by the lesser Inkling...about a strange London...check it out
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Read in September, 2007
Wonderful set of reviews of Perrin's favorite not-quite-classics, some of which I'd actually read myself. A great reference for finding my next good read.
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Read in July, 2007
See my review here: http://trebro.livejournal.com/228135.htm...
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