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Some books are unreservedly forgotten; none are unreservedly remembered. -W. H. Auden A room without books is like a body without a soul. -Cicero The proper study of mankind is books. -Aldous Huxley This collection of more than five hundred quotations captures the wisdom and wit of the most insightful things ever said about books, spoken and written by such legendary figures as: Aeschylus, Ernest Hemingway, John Ruskin, Woody Allen, Thomas Jefferson, Charles Scribner, Maya Angelou, Franz Kafka, George Bernard Shaw, Jane Austen, Helen Keller, Wallace Stevens, Francis Bacon, Malcolm X, Robert Penn Warren, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Groucho Marx, William Carlos Williams, William Faulkner, John Milton, Oprah Winfrey, Robert Frost, George Orwell, and W. B. Yeats. Encompassing the many facets of books and the pleasures and puzzlements they afford, The Quotable Book Lover includes chapters on writing, reading, and bookbinding, among other subjects. With its wide range of commentary, this compilation will surely entertain and enlighten bibliophiles everywhere.Product Identifiers
PublisherSkyhorse Publishing
ISBN-139781620876251
eBay Product ID (ePID)189952390
Product Key Features
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameThe Quotable Book Lover
Publication Year2013
SubjectWriting & Reading
TypeRéférence
AuthorBen Jacobs, Helena Hjalmarsson
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height171 mm
Item Weight279 g
Additional Product Features
EditorHelena Hjalmarsson, Ben Jacobs
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States