Description: No one reads all kinds of books the same way. 'How to Read a Book' is a guide to reading comprehension for the general reader. The author provides help in understanding how to read literature, history, poetry and fiction to name a few of the various types of reading discussed.
Brief description: Dr. Mortimer J. Adler was Chairman of the Board of the Encyclopedia Britannica, Director of the Institute for Philosophical Research, Honorary Trustee of the Aspen Institute, and authored more than fifty books. He died in 2001.
Review Quotes: "It shows concretely how the serious work of proper reading may be accomplished and how much it may yield in the way of instruction and delight." -The New Yorker "These four hundred pages are packed full of high matters which no one solicitous of the future of American culture can afford to overlook." -Jacques Barzun "'There is the book; and here is your mind.' Adler and Van Doren's suggestions on how to connect the two will make you nostalgic for a slower, more earnest, less trivial time." -Anne Fadiman