How to Read a Book

 How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading

Mortimer J. Adler, Charles van Doren

How to Read a Book, originally published in 1940, has become a rare phenomenon, a living classic. It is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader. And now it has been completely rewritten and updated.

You are told about the various levels of reading and how to achieve them – from elementary reading, through systematic skimming and inspectional reading, to speed reading, you learn how to pigeonhole a book, X-ray it, extract the author's message, criticize. You are taught the different reading techniques for reading practical books, imaginative literature, plays, poetry, history, science and mathematics, philosophy and social science.

Finally, the authors offer a recommended reading list and supply reading tests whereby you can measure your own progress in reading skills, comprehension and speed.

426 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1940

Original title

How to Read a Book

This edition

Format

426 pages, Paperback

Published

August 15, 1972 by Simon & Schuster, Inc

Language

English