No two people’s lists are the same, but the Anglo-American greats and the ancient Greeks and Romans are all required reading SINCE IT IS SEEN AS A GREAT ACCOLADE FOR A PERSON TO BE THOUGHT “WELL READ”, I WONDER WHAT THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT MIGHT BE TO BE CONSIDERED THUS? David Handley, Yorkshire ROBERT MCCRUM, AUTHOR AND FORMER LITERARY EDITOR OF THE OBSERVER In 1618, two years after Shakespeare’s death, a well-read adult could easily load all the books they had collected on to a decent-sized cart. Not only was there a consensus about what a good library should consist of, it was also quite easy to accumulate the necessary classics in good Renaissance translations. Continue reading...
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