How Should One Read a Book?

Virginia Woolf — 2020

"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 modernist writers of the 20th Century, Virginia Woolf and her visionary essays are as relevant today as they were nearly one hundred years ago. Features a new introduction by Sheila Heti.

Reviews

Ognjen Klisara@ogi

Mar 17, 2023

”To read a novel is a difficult and complex art. You must be capable not only of great fineness of perception, but of great boldness of imagination if you are going to make use of all that the novelist - the great artist - gives you.”

Anna Talbot@sontagspdf

Sep 20, 2021

It is to me still daunting to turn to Virginia Woolf, yet every time I am proved wrong. Reading this, as reading most of her work, was to me a great comfort.