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An authoritative, scholarly exploration of the craft of fiction through the lens of classic 19th and 20th-century literature. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Lectures on Literature. Austen, Dickens, Flaubert, Stevenson, Proust, Kafka, Joyce.
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Speak, Memory
Vladimir Nabokov
A dazzling, jewel-toned excavation of a lost past that treats memory itself as the ultimate work of art.
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Introducción a la literatura norteamericana
Jorge Luis Borges
A brilliant, idiosyncratic guide leads you through the foundational myths and monuments of American letters.
- 03
Great short works of Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy · 2004
A piercing, unsparing gaze into the depths of the human soul, stripping away societal illusions to confront the raw realities of life and death.
- 04
A history of literary criticism
Harry Blamires · 1991
A steady, illuminating journey through centuries of intellectual debate about the meaning and purpose of literature.
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Essays
Italo Calvino
A luminous, philosophical love letter to the enduring magic and mechanics of literature.
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Love and Freindship
Jane Austen
A gleefully unhinged parody of romantic melodrama that proves even literary giants were once chaotic teenagers.
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Language and silence
George Steiner
A profound, elegiac meditation on whether art and language can survive the ultimate horrors of human history.
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Pnin
Vladimir Nabokov
A brilliantly funny yet quietly devastating portrait of an exiled soul navigating the absurdities of American academia.
- 09
How to read and why
Harold Bloom
An impassioned, erudite invitation to treat the reading of great literature as a profound act of self-discovery.
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Literary theory
Terry Eagleton
An engaging, unpretentious journey through the major movements of contemporary literary thought.
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Lolita
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov
A masterclass in unreliable narration where breathtakingly beautiful prose is weaponized to disguise a deeply unsettling nightmare.
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Partial portraits
Henry James · 2006
A contemplative and scholarly exploration of 19th-century literary minds and the evolving art of modern fiction.
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