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    Classics for Pleasure

    Classics for Pleasure

    By: Michael Dirda

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    by: Michael Dirda

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    This is not your father’s list of classics. In these delightful essays, Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Dirda introduces nearly ninety of the world’s most entertaining books. Writing with affection as w...

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