This video offers a guide to reading Henry James, starting with easier works like "Turn of the Screw" and "Daisy Miller" before moving on to more complex novels like "Portrait of a Lady." The speaker, a bookstore owner, emphasizes the importance of building up one's "Henry James muscles" to appreciate the author's later, more challenging works.
3058 8 месяцев назад 2:41Ann Patchett, author and owner of Parnassus Books, recommends David Foster Wallace's "Consider the Lobster" as a great starting point for readers unfamiliar with the author's work. Patchett compares this collection of essays to the relationship between James Joyce's "Ulysses" and "Dubliners," suggesting that even if one finds a challenging book daunting, there may be an easier entry point to the author's work.
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