Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863–1944), who often published under the pen-name of 'Q', was one of the giants of early twentieth-century literature and literary criticism. A novelist and poet who was also a Professor of English, he helped to form the literary tastes of generations of literary students and scholars who came after him. The freshness, enthusiasm and intellectual insight of his work is still evident in his writings nearly a century on. Cambridge University Press is delighted to reissue some of his key texts in this new edition.
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Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863–1944), who often published under the pen-name of 'Q', was one of the giants of early twentieth-century literature and literary criticism. A novelist and poet who was also a Professor of English, he helped to form the literary tastes of generations of literary students and scholars who came after him.
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It may be 100 years old but it is still relevant. I do not always agree with him on some points but it is vastly entertaining even if I haven't the latin and greek.
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Amazon warned me when I used their feature to look inside the book that the edition I was buying would look different, but they didn't mention that the book was so poorly constructed/edited/printed that lines and whole paragraphs were missing, starting with page 1, and I'm returning the book immediately.
The text on my page 1 begins in the middle of a sentence that is, in the edition we see at the web site, page 2. We miss the whole first page of text, and "Section 1" of this edition (the chapter titles have been stripped from the Table of Contents, too) begins like this (quoting exactly):
"still when they arrive at them. Let us push
So they proceed. I have said that all three are elderly men:..."
What?? I can hardly believe that someone would sell a book so badly put together, Lord only knows what else has been omitted, and I hope I don't have to pay the postage to send this turkey back.
The text on my page 1 begins in the middle of a sentence that is, in the edition we see at the web site, page 2. We miss the whole first page of text, and "Section 1" of this edition (the chapter titles have been stripped from the Table of Contents, too) begins like this (quoting exactly):
"still when they arrive at them. Let us push
So they proceed. I have said that all three are elderly men:..."
What?? I can hardly believe that someone would sell a book so badly put together, Lord only knows what else has been omitted, and I hope I don't have to pay the postage to send this turkey back.
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The Book that Inspired Helene Hanff's Charing Cross
9 July 2007
By Fran Stewart
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This slender volume is the book that began Helene Hanff's journey -- a path that led eventually to her writing the 84, CHARING CROSS ROAD series. Because I loved her books, I wondered what the master who taught her might have had to say. All I knew of him was what I had learned through Ms. Hanff.
This series of lectures, delivered in England more than nine decades ago, sparkles with a dry wit that is utterly endearing. No wonder his students loved him. Still, for someone who is the product of a late-20th century education, I must admit I was appalled by my ignorance of the classical references he made, expecting that his students would follow them with ease. Not a light-weight book, despite its compact size.
His challenge to his students, put forth in the first lecture, was to become a person [he said a man, but the statement applies to all of us] "of unmistakable intellectual breeding, whose trained judgment we can trust to choose the better and reject the worse." Not a bad goal for anyone, is it?
A word of warning. He quotes in Greek here and there -- and does not translate it, since all his students were expected to understand that language. Ditto Latin.
If you can manage only two chapters, try the first "Inaugural" and the last "On Style."
This series of lectures, delivered in England more than nine decades ago, sparkles with a dry wit that is utterly endearing. No wonder his students loved him. Still, for someone who is the product of a late-20th century education, I must admit I was appalled by my ignorance of the classical references he made, expecting that his students would follow them with ease. Not a light-weight book, despite its compact size.
His challenge to his students, put forth in the first lecture, was to become a person [he said a man, but the statement applies to all of us] "of unmistakable intellectual breeding, whose trained judgment we can trust to choose the better and reject the worse." Not a bad goal for anyone, is it?
A word of warning. He quotes in Greek here and there -- and does not translate it, since all his students were expected to understand that language. Ditto Latin.
If you can manage only two chapters, try the first "Inaugural" and the last "On Style."
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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Do Not Buy the General Books Edition!
14 Oct 2009
By David Merkel
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Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Very good book -- but the edition published by General Books is sloppily put together, unformatted, missing large chunks of text, contains garbled and nonsense words. Buy a different edition!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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What a great read!
7 April 2008
By sew
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Format:Paperback
I bought this with "Q's" On the Art of Reading. I'm halfway through this one and can't wait to start the other one. I'm constantly going back to review my old Latin/Greek HS and university readings and have enjoyed the process immensely.
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