With more than half a million paperback copies in print and now in this stunning hardcover keepsake edition, How to Read a Book is the classic and definitive guide to reading comprehension and retention for students of literature, scholars across disciplines, and anyone who just loves to read.
Originally written in 1940 and first published by Simon & Schuster in 1972, How to Re...
With more than half a million paperback copies in print and now in this stunning hardcover keepsake edition, How to Read a Book is the classic and definitive guide to reading comprehension and retention for students of literature, scholars across disciplines, and anyone who just loves to read.
Originally written in 1940 and first published by Simon & Schuster in 1972, How to Read a Book introduces and elucidates the various levels of reading and how to achieve them in order to gain the most understanding and insight from any book. From elementary reading, through systematic skimming and inspectional reading, to speed reading and beyond, readers will learn when and how to “judge a book by its cover,” perceive structure no matter the prose, read critically, and extract the author’s message from the text.
Also included are specific reading techniques that work best for reading particular genres, whether they be practical books, imaginative literature, plays, poetry, history, science and mathematics, philosophy, or social science works. A recommended reading list and multiple comprehension tests are incorporated as well in order to measure progress in reading skills, speed, and understanding.
As poignant and applicable today as it was nearly seventy-five years ago, this beautiful hardcover edition is the perfect way for you to discover or rediscover How to Read a Book, a rare phenomenon and the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension.
Mortimer J. Adler was Chairman of the Board of the Encyclopedia Britannica, Director of the Institute for Philosophical Research, and Honorary Trustee of the Aspen Institute. He authored more than fifty books.
Dr. Charles Van Doren earned advanced degrees in both literature and mathematics from Columbia University, where he later taught English and was the Assistant Director of...
Mortimer J. Adler was Chairman of the Board of the Encyclopedia Britannica, Director of the Institute for Philosophical Research, and Honorary Trustee of the Aspen Institute. He authored more than fifty books.
Dr. Charles Van Doren earned advanced degrees in both literature and mathematics from Columbia University, where he later taught English and was the Assistant Director of the Institute for Philosophical Research. He also worked for Encyclopedia Britannica in Chicago.
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Preface ix
PART ONE: The Dimensions of Reading
1. The Activity and Art of Reading 3
2. The Levels of Reading 16
3. The First Level of Reading: Elementary Reading 21
4. The Second Level of Reading: Inspectional Reading 31
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Preface ix
PART ONE: The Dimensions of Reading
1. The Activity and Art of Reading 3
2. The Levels of Reading 16
3. The First Level of Reading: Elementary Reading 21
4. The Second Level of Reading: Inspectional Reading 31
5. How to be a Demanding Reader 45
PART TWO: The Third Level of Reading: Analytical Reading
6. Pigeonholing a Book 59
7. X-Raying a Book 75
8. Coming to Terms with an Author 96
9. Determining an Author’s Message 113
10. Criticizing a Book Fairly 136
11. Agreeing or Disagreeing with an Author 150
12. Aids to Reading 166
PART THREE: Approaches to Different Kinds of Reading Matter
13. How to Read Practical Books 187
14. How to Read Imaginative Literature 198
15. Suggestions for Reading Stories, Plays, and Poems 210
16. How to Read History 229
17. How to Read Science and Mathematics 249
18. How to Read Philosophy 264
19. How to Read Social Science 289
PART FOUR: The Ultimate Goals of Reading
20. The Fourth Level of Reading: Syntopical Reading 301
21. Reading and the Growth of the Mind 328
Appendix A. A Recommended Reading List 337
Appendix B. Exercises and Tests at the Four Levels of Reading 355
Index 419
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0 有用 苏菲苏菲 2024-05-13 10:11:11 美国
恨自己三十几岁才开始读这本书，蹉跎了前半生
0 有用 茱莉 2017-09-05 22:19:26
Inspect reading, active reading, read to grow.
3 有用 Crusade 2017-05-30 23:44:21
很多方法 但是覺得最大的問題还是我記性不好 讀著後面就忘了前面... n the paradox still stands... maybe... I need a book named how to read the 'how to read a book' in the first place
0 有用 Tiffany Li 2017-06-11 16:23:50
大部分想法我赞同，但我觉得读者群相比40年代发生了转变，所以我读起来没有我期待中受益良多。写的实在太啰嗦了。
0 有用 JasmineAL 2017-06-13 15:56:59
Cute and humorous.任何读法都能获益的一本书。