How to Read a Book

Author: Adler
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Under the cover of each book, there is its own skeleton. As a reader of analytical reading, your responsibility is to find this skeleton. When a book appears before you, muscles cover the bones, and clothes envelop the muscles—it can be said to be dressed in finery. You don’t need to remove its outer layer or tear off its muscles to reveal the skeleton beneath the soft skin. But you must use X-ray-like insight to examine the book, because that is the foundation for understanding it and grasping its structure. This book was first published in 1940 and significantly revised and expanded into a new edition in 1972. Whenever you read it, you cannot help but admire the depth of the author’s dedication to reading and the breadth of his perspective. Those who don’t know how to read, or are just beginning to explore it, can avoid unnecessary detours by reading this book. Those who have some experience with reading can gain deeper confirmation and insights from it. This is a timeless classic on the art of reading.