Sunday, June 05, 2011
Reading in Bed
R.W. Lamb (1920-2010), at the age of 84, quoted in Ian Jackson, "Raymond William Lamb: Portrait of a Bibliophile XL," The Book Collector 59.4 (Winter 2010):
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For some years now I have been re-reading the Latin and Greek classics often in bed straight through with no commentary. It is surprising how satisfying this is. Of course I don't understand everything, but does this matter? Yes, it does if you are studying the book intimately, but if you are reading for pleasure, as books were meant to be read, no.Thanks very much to Ian Jackson for sending me an offprint of this article, as well as many other offprints, books, pamphlets, and photocopies.
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