How to Read a Book, Revised and Updated Edition

Mortimer J. Adler; Charles Van Doren

ISBN 10: 067121280X / ISBN 13: 9780671212803

Published by Simon & Schuster, 1972

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How to Read a Book, Revised and Updated Edition
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 067121280X
• ISBN 13: 9780671212803
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

How to Read a Book, originally published in 1940, has become a rare phenomenon, a living classic. It is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader. And now it has been completely rewritten and updated.

You are told about the various levels of reading and how to achieve them -- from elementary reading, through systematic skimming and inspectional reading, to speed reading, you learn how to pigeonhole a book, X-ray it, extract the author's message, criticize. You are taught the different reading techniques for reading practical books, imaginative literature, plays, poetry, history, science and mathematics, philosophy and social science.

Finally, the authors offer a recommended reading list and supply reading tests whereby you can measure your own progress in reading skills, comprehension and speed.

About the Author

Dr. Mortimer J. Adler was Chairman of the Board of the Encyclopedia Britannica, Director of the Institute for Philosophical Research, Honorary Trustee of the Aspen Institute, and authored more than fifty books. He died in 2001.

Dr. Charles Van Doren earned advanced degrees in both literature and mathematics from Columbia University, where he later taught English and was the Assistant Director of the Institute for Philosophical Research. He also worked for Encyclopedia Britannica in Chicago.