Classics for Pleasure

This is not your father's list of classics. In these delightful essays Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Dirda introduces nearly ninety of the world's most entertaining books. Writing with affection as well as authority Dirda covers masterpieces of fantasy and science fiction horror and adventure as well as epics history essay and children's literature. Organized thematically these are works that have shaped our imaginations. Love's Mysteries moves from Sappho and Arthurian romance to Sören Kierkegaard and Georgette Heyer. In other categories Dirda discusses not only <em>Dracula</em> and Sherlock Holmes but also the <em>Tao Te Ching</em> and Icelandic sagas Frederick Douglass and <em>Fowler's Modern English Usage</em>. Whether writing about Petronius or Perelman Dirda makes literature come alive. <em>Classics for Pleasure</em> is a perfect companion for any reading group or lover of books. <p></p>