Ebook: The joy of reading: a passionate guide to 189 of the world's best authors and their works

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Author to Reader; Contents; Chapter One: The Golden Age; Chapter Two: After the Fall; Chapter Three: The Silver Age of Tyranny; Chapter Four: The Middle Age; Chapter Five: The Renaissance, Part One; Chapter Six: The Renaissance, Part Two; Chapter Seven: The Age of Reason ... ; Chapter Eight: ... and Revolution; Chapter Nine: Romantic Spirits; Chapter Ten: Critics and Seers; Chapter Eleven: Some Victorians and Others; Chapter Twelve: Turn of the Century; Chapter Thirteen: Entre Deux Guerres; Chapter Fourteen: Hiroshima and After.