Great books are great in part because of what they ask of their readers: they are not readily encountered, easily assess — Alan Jacobs, The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
Great books are great in part because of what they ask of their readers: they are not readily encountered, easily assess — Alan Jacobs, The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
Great books are great in part because of what they ask of their readers: they are not readily encountered, easily assess — Alan Jacobs, The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
Great books are great in part because of what they ask of their readers: they are not readily encountered, easily assess — Alan Jacobs, The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
Great books are great in part because of what they ask of their readers: they are not readily encountered, easily assess — Alan Jacobs, The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
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Great books are great in part because of what they ask of their readers: they are not readily encountered, easily assessed.

— Alan Jacobs, The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
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