How Should One Read a Book?

‘Where are we to begin? How are we to bring order into this multitudinous chaos and so get the deepest and widest pleasure from what we read?’

Published for the first time as a standalone volume, Virginia Woolf’s short, impassioned essay, How Should One Read a Book? celebrates the enduring importance of great literature.

In this timeless manifesto on the written word, rediscover the joy of reading and the power of a good book to change the world. One of the most significant writers of the 20th Century, Woolf is as relevant today as she was a hundred years ago.

Features a new afterword by internationally renowned author Sheila Heti.

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