Home

Classics

Emma

Emma

By: Jane Austen

Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Publication Date: 2009

Buy the book »

Classics for Pleasure

Classics for Pleasure

By: Michael Dirda

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Date: 2007

Buy the book »

Daniel Deronda

Daniel Deronda (Barnes & Noble Classics)

By: George Eliot

Publisher: Barnes & Noble Classics
Publication Date: 2005

Buy the book »

Author Interview

A Conversation with Michael Dirda

Classics for Pleasure

I mentioned on Monday what a treat it was for me to talk to Michael Dirda -- and I've been delighted to see the interesting comments vlog readers/viewers have been leaving for the giveaway. Kristy Stansfield's comment about reading the "Young Folks Shelf of Books" that came with Collier's Encyclopedia reminded me that I want to share a story Dirda related after we'd finished our on-camera interview. It's one he's told in his memoir "An Open Book: Coming of Age in the Heartland," but it was fun to listen to him tell it.

Read more »
Book of the Week

"Classics for Pleasure" by Michael Dirda

I hope everyone enjoyed a relaxed, happy Thanksgiving weekend. My thanks are due to all of you who have supported this new program so far -- we don't want to do it without you! This week, we have a new book to discuss -- and to give away: Michael Dirda's Classics for Pleasure.

Read more »

Coming soon

Ted Leonsis

Ted Leonsis
The Business of Happiness: 6 Secrets to Extraordinary Success in Life and Work