The Book of Lost Books: An Incomplete History of All the Great Books You'll Never Read (edit title)

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Liked It 2 of 2 members found this review helpful Rated 5 stars “A history of books either never written or lost to modern readers. Author Kelly begins with the first writers of tales told only orally before through works mentioned by but never completed by authors such as Hemingway, Plath and others. I was amazed to discover that some of the classical works...” see full review » see other reviews »

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  “I'm more than curiouse about this book about the books I'll never read”

  georgiana f wrote this review Friday, August 21 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “A history of books either never written or lost to modern readers. Author Kelly begins with the first writers of tales told only orally before through works mentioned by but never completed by authors such as Hemingway, Plath and others. I was amazed to discover that some of the classical works I thought I knew were actually often compiled from fragments and edited by later writers.”

  SteveC wrote this review Thursday, April 23 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  • Rated 3 stars

  “I know, I'm a nerd! I read books about reading books!”

  Jennifer Gordon @ MHS wrote this review Thursday, April 10 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “The Book of Lost Books is itself a find, or the first guide to literature’s what-ifs and never-weres. It covers on the works of notable authors that have been lost, destroyed, or never completed over the course of history. The author also provides an interesting overview of how often things go badly wrong for an author and or his works. Thus, Cathy Kelly illustrated the lives of two interesting women, Dee has a problem with her image she feels fat and unattractive, while Isabel marriage has just ended and finding it hard going with a useless soon to be ex husband. I like this book it’s a good read, I have high expectations for it… reading this book reminds us again of the value of history / literature…
  
  
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  Aprilblossoms123 wrote this review Tuesday, November 27 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No