Great Books

The great books are those books that are believed to constitute an essential foundation in the literature of Western culture. Specified sets of great books usually number in the range of roughly 50 to 100.

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    With a few exceptions, the critics of children’s books are remarkably lenient souls.... Most of us assume there is something good in every child; the critics go from this to assume there is something good in every book written for a child. It is not a sound theory.
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