Project Gutenberg 2012-11-04 Public domain in the USA. 340 Mais, S. P. B. (Stuart Petre Brodie) 1885 1975 Mais, Stuart Petre Brodie 21020223 Why we should read-- pt. 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. Produced by Jana Srna, Anna Hall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "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.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41285/41285-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 65.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en English literature -- History and criticism Books and reading -- Great Britain Russian literature -- History and criticism PN Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - British Browsing: Literature Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: British Literature 690364 2025-06-16T17:23:56.647912 text/html 699151 2012-11-04T07:53:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 296754 2025-06-16T17:24:10.990868 application/epub+zip 303320 2025-06-16T17:23:59.837993 application/epub+zip 302083 2025-06-16T17:23:58.193914 application/epub+zip 514714 2025-06-16T17:24:17.688819 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 558193 2025-06-16T17:24:08.487922 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 557603 2022-09-18T19:57:21.327032 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 593262 2025-06-16T17:23:54.848079 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 593355 2012-11-04T07:53:10 text/plain; charset=utf-8 17741 2025-06-16T17:24:18.036812 application/rdf+xml 7570 2025-06-16T17:23:58.346924 image/jpeg 1557 2025-06-16T17:23:58.270929 image/jpeg 274064 2025-06-16T17:23:56.708911 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog