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245 14 a| The bright book of life :b| novels to read and reread /c| Harold Bloom.;

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300 a| xviii, 516 pages ;c| 25 cm;

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520 a| "In his first book devoted exclusively to narrative fiction, America's most original and controversial literary critic and legendary Yale professor writes trenchantly about fifty-two masterworks spanning the Western tradition"--c| Provided by publisher.;

520 a| Bloom offers meditations on forty-eight essential works of fiction that span the Western canon. While considering each novels' strengths and shortcomings, he also explains where and why he differs with other critics' assessments. In doing so, he guides readers to a new understanding of the novels, and in the importance and power of fiction. -- adapted from jacket and from reviews on Amazon;

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The bright book of life : novels to read and reread / Harold Bloom.

Author/creator	Bloom, Harold author.
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.
Copyright Date	©2020
Description	xviii, 516 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects	Fiction--History and criticism. Best books. Books and reading. Books and reading--United States.

Contents	The lost traveller's dream -- Don Quixote / Miguel de Cervantes -- Clarissa / Samuel Richardson -- Tom Jones / Henry Fielding -- Pride and prejudice / Jane Austen -- Emma / Jane Austen -- Persuasion / Jane Austen -- I promessi sposi (the bethrothed) / Alessandro Manzoni -- The red and black / Stendhal -- The charterhouse of Parma / Stendhal -- The vautrin saga: old goriot, lost illusions, the splendor and misery of the courtesans / Honoré de Balzac -- The captain's daughter / Alexander Pushkin -- Wuthering heights / Emily Brontë -- Vanity fair / William Makepeace Thackeray -- Moby-Dick / Herman Melville -- Bleak house / Charles Dickens.
Abstract	"In his first book devoted exclusively to narrative fiction, America's most original and controversial literary critic and legendary Yale professor writes trenchantly about fifty-two masterworks spanning the Western tradition"-- Provided by publisher.
Abstract	Bloom offers meditations on forty-eight essential works of fiction that span the Western canon. While considering each novels' strengths and shortcomings, he also explains where and why he differs with other critics' assessments. In doing so, he guides readers to a new understanding of the novels, and in the importance and power of fiction. -- adapted from jacket and from reviews on Amazon
General note	"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso.
Issued in other form	Online version: Bloom, Harold. The bright book of life. First edition New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020 9780525657279
Genre/form	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre/form	Literary criticism.
Genre/form	Personal narratives.
LCCN	2020014640
ISBN	9780525657262 hardcover
ISBN	0525657266 hardcover
ISBN	electronic book

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