The Pleasure of Reading

Paperback • 2015 • 1. edition

The Pleasure of Reading

By Antonia Fraser

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About the book

In this delightful collection forty-three acclaimed writers explain what first made them interested in literature, what inspired them to read and what makes them continue to do so. First published in 1992 in hardback only, original contributors include Margaret Atwood, J. G. Ballard, Melvyn Bragg, A. S. Byatt, Carol Ann Duffy, Simon Gray, Germaine Greer, Alan Hollinghurst, Doris Lessing, Candia McWilliam, Edna O'Brien, Ruth Rendell, Tom Stoppard, Sue Townsend and Jeanette Winterson. The new edit...Show more

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ISBN

9781408859629

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published year

2015

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1

Original title

The Pleasure of Reading

Format

Paperback

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