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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (ISBN 0-7893-1370-7) is a literary reference book compiled by over one hundred literary critics worldwide and edited by Peter Boxall, an instructor of English at Sussex University1, with an introduction by Peter Ackroyd. Each title is accompanied by a brief synopsis and critique briefly explaining why the book was chosen. Some entries have illustrations.
The list
The list contains 1001 books and is made up of novels, short stories, and short story collections. There is also one pamphlet (A Modest Proposal), one book of collected text (Adjunct: An Undigest), and one graphic novel (Watchmen).2
References
- ^ New York Times
- ^ Boxall, Peter (2006-03-07). 1001 Books You must Read Before You Die. Cassell Illustrated. ISBN 1844034178.
- Boxall, Peter (2006-02-26). "Can you tick off Tolstoy?". Guardian News and Media Limited. http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/classics/0,,1717924,00.html. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
- Reardon, Patrick T. (2006-06-06). "Reading for pleasure, not guilt and a few guilty pleasures", Chicago Tribune.
- Dawson, MacKenzie (200707-23). "To-Do Until Death". New York Post. http://www.nypost.com/seven/07232007/entertainment/to_do__until_death_entertainment_mackenzie_dawson.htm. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
- Fagan, Gabrielle (2006-04-01). "Books: What you must read ; 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, by Peter Boxall, Cassell Illustrated, pounds 20. Reviewed by Gabrielle Fagan". Birmingham Post. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-143935579.html. Retrieved on 2008-07-22.
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