412 pages. Multiple copies of this title available. Reading a good book is for most people a deeply satisfying and enjoyable experience. What, though, makes a book good? According to Mary Batchelor, compiler of "A Literature Collection", good fiction 'rings true'. It leads to greater understanding of ourselves and others, broadens our compassion and expands our knowledge of life and of human strength and frailty. In "A Literary Collection", reaers are taken on a rich and stimulating journey through some of the finest world literature. Authors included range from Dante Alighieri, Jane Austen and Charles Dickens to Grham Greene, C.S. Lewis and Maya Angelou, Extracts of power and profundity are mixed with ones of humour and satire. Quantity Available: 5. Category: Literature & Literary; Books on Books. ISBN: 0745951465. ISBN/EAN: 9780745951461. Inventory No: 10110823. Paperback