00000cam a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862097590 Buklod 20170816093716.0 g||| | || || ta 170816s2007 xx rbo |000 0|eng d 9781741664737 (pbk.) (iLib)UPBAG-00025059483 BAG rda eng Z 1035 A1 G43 2007 Gleeson-White, Jane author. Classics 62 great books from the Iliad to Midnight's Children Jane Gleeson-White. Classics : sixty two great books from the Iliad to Midnight's Children. North Sydney, NSW Random House Australia Pty Ltd 2007. 403 pages 20 cm "A Vintage book." First published by Knopf in 2005. Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-402) Mark Twain defined a literary classic as 'something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read'. But what was true in the nineteenth century doesn't hold today. Mr Darcy is hotter than he ever was, and Brad Pitt fought to fill Achilles' sandals. Teachers and reading groups hunger for recommendations from 'the canon', which is no longer taught. This accessible, impassioned and inspiring guide to the great books of the past will be eagerly embraced and discussed by passionate and grateful readers. Best books Fiction. Books Reviews. Books and reading. Literature Stories, plots, etc. FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN Z 1035 A1 G43 2007 Book