On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life Through Great Books [Audiobook] download free by Karen Swallow Prior
- Listen audiobook: On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life Through Great Books
- Author: Karen Swallow Prior
- Release date: 2018/3/19
- Publisher: BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Religious
- ISBN: 9781587433962
- Rating: 7.67 of 10
- Votes: 827
- Review by: Wilson Heard
- Review rating: 8.7 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/11/11
- Duration: 3H23M45S in 256 kbps (54.4 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-09-18
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: Shorten, AU, WAV, OGG, WMA, FLAC, MPEG4, MP3 (compression RAR, CHM, TAR.GZ, ZIP, TAR.XZ)
- Total pages original book: 272
- Includes a PDF summary of 30 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 22M42S (6 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: Publishers Weekly starred reviewA Best Book of 2018 in Religion, Publishers Weekly Reading great literature well has the power to cultivate virtue. Great literature increases knowledge of and desire for the good life by showing readers what virtue looks like and where vice leads. It is not just what one reads but how one reads that cultivates virtue. Reading good literature well requires one to practice numerous virtues, such as patience, diligence, and prudence. And learning to judge wisely a character in a book, in turn, forms the reader's own character. Acclaimed author Karen Swallow Prior takes readers on a guided tour through works of great literature both ancient and modern, exploring twelve virtues that philosophers and theologians throughout history have identified as most essential for good character and the good life. In reintroducing ancient virtues that are as relevant and essential today as ever, Prior draws on the best classical and Christian thinkers, including Aristotle, Aquinas, and Augustine. Covering authors from Henry Fielding to Cormac McCarthy, Jane Austen to George Saunders, and Flannery O'Connor to F. Scott Fitzgerald, Prior explores some of the most compelling universal themes found in the pages of classic books, helping readers learn to love life, literature, and God through their encounters with great writing. In examining works by these authors and more, Prior shows why virtues such as prudence, temperance, humility, and patience are still necessary for human flourishing and civil society. The book includes end-of-chapter reflection questions geared toward book club discussions, features original artwork throughout, and includes a foreword from Leland Ryken.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Literature: History & Criticism, Religious Subjects Depicted In Art, Christian Books, Literary Studies: General, Christian Life & Practice
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- Format: Hardback
- Approximate value: 19.27 USD
- Dimensions: 146x222x27.94mm
- Weight: 440g
- Printed by: Brazos Press, Div of Baker Publishing Group
- Published in: Ada, MI, United States
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