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Charles van Doren

Born

in New York, NY, The United States

February 12, 1926

Died

April 09, 2019

Genre

Nonfiction

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Charles Lincoln van Doren was an American intellectual, writer, and editor who was involved in a television quiz show scandal in the 1950s. In 1959 he confessed before the United States Congress that he had been given the correct answers by the producers of the show Twenty One.

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Average rating: 3.98 · 29,086 ratings · 3,317 reviews · 51 distinct works • Similar authors

	A History of Knowledge: Past, Present, and Future 3.92 avg rating — 1,696 ratings — published 1991 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Joy of Reading: A Passionate Guide to 189 of the World's Best Authors and Their Works 4.03 avg rating — 145 ratings — published 1985 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lion of Cortona: Volume I: Exiles 3.41 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lion of Cortona: A Novel of the Middle Ages (Omnibus edition (Vols. I, II, and III)) 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Breve historia del saber 3.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lion of Cortona: The Return 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lion of Cortona: The Wide World (Volume II) 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Idea of Progress 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1967 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Growing Up in the Great Depression by Charles van Doren (Author), Joseph Papin (Illustrator) 2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letters to Mother liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1959	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Marking a book is literally an expression of your differences or your agreements with the author. It is the highest respect you can pay him.”
― Charles Van Doren, How to Read a Book

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“you have to understand in order to disagree.”
― Charles van Doren

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“Every book should be read no more slowly than it deserves, and no more quickly than you can read it with satisfaction and comprehension.”
― Charles Van Doren, How to Read a Book

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