03132cam a22003493u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000540012624500250018026400510020530000470025633600260030333700260032933800360035550000310039150507670042250802120118952011410140153400450254265300480258765300390263565300480267485600430272299900170276541285UtSlPG20260610133938.0mcr n260607r2012||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a21020223  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPN1 aMais, S. P. B.q(Stuart Petre Brodie),d1885-197510aWhy we should read-- 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2012  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2012-11-040 apt. I. Some English classics: Tom Jones. Wuthering Heights. Charles Lamb. James Boswell. William Hazlitt. Samuel Pepys. Walter Savage Landor. John Donne. Such a book as The beggar's opera -- pt. II. Some contemporaries: George Santayana. The poems of Francis Brett-Young. The poems of Iris Tree. The poems of Aldous Huxley. The poems of Robert Graves. J. D. Beresford. Night and day. E. C. Booth. Ford Madox Hueffer. The ballad of the white horse. E. M. Forster. Sheila Kaye-Smith -- pt. III. Books on the English language: A history of modern colloquial English. The romance of words. The romance of names. The English language -- pt. IV. Certain foreigners: Montaigne. Nekrassov. Pushkin. Lèrmontov. Gogol. Turgenev. Goncharov. Dostoievsky. Tolstoy. Tchekov.  aProduced by Jana Srna, Anna Hall and the Online Distributed
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Internet Archive/American Libraries.)  a"Why We Should Read" by S. P. B. Mais is an educational work written in the early 20th century. The book presents a passionate argument advocating for the appreciation of literature, exploring various classic and contemporary works and their authors. It seeks to rekindle interest in reading by illustrating the significance of literature in enriching human experience and understanding.  The opening of the text serves as an introduction to the author's perspective on reading and literature. Mais critiques contemporary reading habits, emphasizing the pitfalls of superficiality in book selection. He highlights the importance of developing a critical sense towards literature, presenting an array of classic English authors and their works, such as Fielding's "Tom Jones" and Brontë's "Wuthering Heights," to exemplify the joy and depth that literature can offer. The author asserts that reading is not only a leisure activity but a way to establish enduring bonds with authors and their characters—essentially inviting readers to join him in an exploration of literary appreciation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aEnglish literature -- History and criticism  aBooks and reading -- Great Britain  aRussian literature -- History and criticism40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41285  c82124d82124