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On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books Audiobook, by Karen Swallow Prior Play Audiobook Sample

On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books Audiobook

On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books Audiobook, by Karen Swallow Prior Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Lisa Larsen Publisher: Tantor Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 5.83 hours at 1.5x Speed 4.38 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: December 2018 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781977339362

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

14

Longest Chapter Length:

47:59 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

06:24 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

37:36 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

2

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Publisher Description

Reading great literature well has the power to cultivate virtue. Great literature increases knowledge of and desire for the good life by showing readers what virtue looks like and where vice leads. It is not just what one reads but how one reads that cultivates virtue. Reading good literature well requires one to practice numerous virtues, such as patience, diligence, and prudence. And learning to judge wisely a character in a book, in turn, forms the reader's own character.

Acclaimed author Karen Swallow Prior takes readers on a guided tour through works of great literature both ancient and modern, exploring twelve virtues that philosophers and theologians throughout history have identified as most essential for good character and the good life. In reintroducing ancient virtues that are as relevant and essential today as ever, Prior draws on the best classical and Christian thinkers, including Aristotle, Aquinas, and Augustine. Covering authors from Henry Fielding to Cormac McCarthy, Jane Austen to George Saunders, and Flannery O'Connor to F. Scott Fitzgerald, Prior explores some of the most compelling universal themes found in the pages of classic books, helping readers learn to love life, literature, and God through their encounters with great writing. In examining works by these authors and more, Prior shows why virtues such as prudence, temperance, humility, and patience are still necessary for human flourishing and civil society.

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About Karen Swallow Prior

Karen Swallow Prior is professor of English at Liberty University. She is the author of Booked: Literature in the Soul of Me and contributes to Christianity Today and The Atlantic, among other publications. She is a research fellow with the Ethics and Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention.

About Lisa Larsen

Lisa Larsen is a Los Angeles based voiceover actor who specializes in audiobook narration. She has narrated audiobooks across a wide range of genres, including inspirational stories, thrillers, and young adult paranormals and also lent her voice to radio spots and a variety of training and marketing videos for companies like Mazda and Nexgrill.