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On Reading

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Non-Fiction

Reading was, for Marcel Proust, more than the pursuit of knowledge: a truly spiritual activity, it was a means of transforming and transcending the self. By reading great authors, he contends, we not only learn of great ideas, but are enriched by the fruits of the world's most inspirational minds.

© 2011 Hesperus Press Ltd. (Ebook): 9781780940274

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Ebook: 24 August 2011

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