id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 13852 Bennett, Arnold Literary Taste: How to Form It With Detailed Instructions for Collecting a Complete Library of English Literature .txt text/plain 25007 1795 76 bound to have read somewhere that the style of Sir Thomas Browne is Let us begin experimental reading with Charles Lamb. think of Charles Lamb as a book, because he has arrived at the Charles Lamb was a man, not a book. form an idea of the man behind the book. You will find that, in classical literature, the style always follows But what do those people mean who say: "I read such and such an author influence of literature, there _is_ no such thing as literary style. prose and verse of Charles and Mary Lamb, edited by that unsurpassed learning about literature in general; for books were his hobby, and he little for books and enjoys reading, and knows the classics by name Second: Read William Hazlitt's essay "On Poetry in library of English literature, in comely and adequate editions. For the purposes of book-buying, I divide English literature, not ./cache/13852.txt ./txt/13852.txt