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Books and Reading

Name: Books and Reading
Author: Noah Porter

Noah Porter

Read by DRomeo, marisad6, Kymberli Welch, janicwedge, Ohaiguy, ShrimpPhish, Tom Shoesmith, Belinda McReynolds, jenno, Cbteddy, Beeswaxcandle, grldnc2 and BettyB · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Introductory (31:20)
What is a book? And what is it to read? (20:46)
How to read - Attention in reading (17:07)
How to read with interest and effect (23:51)
The relations of the reader to his author (41:40)
The influence of books and reading on the opinions and principles (20:35)
The moral influence of books and reading - The reading of fiction (20:38)
Imaginative Literature: Its representation of moral evil (38:02)
The religious character and influence of books and reading (20:09)
A Christian literature: How conceived and defined (30:14)
A history and historical reading (41:29)
How to read history (1:00:35)
A course of historical reading (51:28)
Biography and biographical reading (1:00:10)
Novels and novel reading (47:45)
Poetry and poets (54:10)
The criticism and history of literature (42:16)
The criticism of English literature (37:52)
Books of science and duty (41:46)
Religious books and Sunday reading (43:26)
Newspapers and periodicals (41:19)
The library (40:28)