How to Read the Classics

This book is about conquering a powerful force — the power of literature.

The author leads on a difficult but exciting path: through various genres and works of famous writers — from Alexandre Dumas and Emile Zola to Virginia Woolf and John Tolkien. During the journey, the reader will learn to understand books better: to catch obscure meanings and connections between texts, enjoy complex writing, and, ultimately, develop their own reading strategies.

Rostyslav Semkiv - literary critic, author of the book "How the Classics Wrote", translator, director of the Smoloskyp publishing house, associate professor of the Department of Literary Studies of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Lecturer LITOSVITA. Interned at Harvard University. Member of the jury of many literary awards.