How Should One Read a Book?
Argues reading should be pleasure first, judgment second; read widely, follow instinct, become the author's ally before becoming critic
Argues reading should be pleasure first, judgment second; read widely, follow instinct, become the author's ally before becoming critic
Published 1926 (public domain). Woolf's permission slip for every reader who feels guilty about their taste.
Key themes: Reading, pleasure, judgment, literary taste, the reader's freedom