How to Read a Book
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How to Read a Book is a book by the American philosopher Mortimer J. Adler. Originally published in 1940, it was heavily revised for a 1972 edition, co-authored by Adler with editor Charles Van Doren.
First edition (publ. Simon & Schuster)
Charles Van Doren
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Charles Lincoln Van Doren was an American writer and editor who was involved in a television quiz show scandal in the 1950s. In 1959, he testified before the United States Congress that he had been gi
How to Read a Book
…the American philosopher Mortimer J. Adler. Originally published in 1940, it was heavily revised for a 1972 edition, co-authored by Adler with editor Charles Van Doren. The 1972 revision gives guidelines for critically reading good and great books of any tradition. In addition, it deals with genres (including, but not…
Van Doren in 1959
Charles Van Doren in 1957, with his parents Dorothy and Mark Van Doren
Van Doren in the isolation booth on the quiz show Twenty-One, with host Jack Barry (1957)
Vivienne Nearing, Jack Barry and Van Doren on Twenty-One (March 11, 1957)