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Excellent review of all literature’s favorites: Pepys, Gibbons, Samuel Johnson, Edgar Allen Poe, etc.
— Aug 15, 2026 06:31PM
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The basic idea
Doyle imagines that a “magic door” can transport us into the worlds of great books. He argues that reading is not merely an educational activity: it is a way of escaping ordinary life and enlarging our experience.
* Shakespeare and the English classics
* Walter Scott and historical fiction
* poetry and poets
* adventure and romance
* biography and history
* writers such as Dumas and Stevenson
— Aug 27, 2026 09:48AM
Doyle imagines that a “magic door” can transport us into the worlds of great books. He argues that reading is not merely an educational activity: it is a way of escaping ordinary life and enlarging our experience.
* Shakespeare and the English classics
* Walter Scott and historical fiction
* poetry and poets
* adventure and romance
* biography and history
* writers such as Dumas and Stevenson
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Brett Harte, Robert Louis Stephenson (The Pavilion on the Links), Rudyard Kipling,
— Aug 15, 2026 06:55PM