Borrow it
Coverart for item
The Resource Second reading : notable and neglected books revisited, Jonathan Yardley

Second reading : notable and neglected books revisited, Jonathan Yardley

Creator
Summary
This collection of five dozen pieces of literary criticism was published in the Washington Post between March 2003 and January 2010. It is a collection of Yardley's opinions of books that he believes are worthy of a second look. They scan the realms of fiction, biography and autobiography, memoirs, and history
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
351 pages
Note
Includes bibliographical references
Contents
  • H.M. Pulham, Esq., by John P. Marquand
  • W.C. Fields: his follies and fortunes, by Robert Lewis Taylor
  • The autumn of the patriarch, by Gabriel García Márquez
  • Reveille in Washington, by Margaret Leech
  • The twelve Caesars, by Suetonius, translated by Robert Graves
  • Lucky Jim, by Kingley Amis
  • The dreadful lemon sky, by John D. MacDonald
  • The woman within, by Ellen Glasgow
  • Tom Jones, by Henry Fielding
  • Paper Tiger, by Stanley Woodward
  • The Reivers, by William Faulkner
  • Notes of a native son, by James Baldwin
  • Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier
  • Someone like you, by Roald Dahl
  • The long season, by Jim Brosnan
  • Speak, memory, by Vladimir Nabokov
  • The housebreaker of Shady Hill, by John Cheever
  • The boys on the bus, by Timothy Crouse
  • The sketch book, by Washington Irving
  • The catcher in the rye, by J.D. Salinger
  • Crazy salad, by Nora Ephron
  • A new life, by Bernard Malamud
  • Cyrano, by Edmund Rostand, translated by Brian Hooker
  • The house on Coliseum Street, by Shirley Ann Grau
  • Pogo, by Walt Kelly
  • The habit of being: the letters of Flannery O'Conner, edited by Sally Fitzgerald
  • The death of the heart, by Elizabeth Bowen
  • Satchmo: my life in New Orleans, by Louis Armstrong
  • The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
  • Look at me, by Anita Brookner
  • Beat to quarters, by C.S. Forester
  • The fathers, by Allen Tate
  • Sula, by Toni Morrison
  • The revolt of Mamie Stover, by William Bradford Huie
  • The robber bridegroom, by Eudora Welty
  • Fanny Hill, by John Cleland
  • Poets in their youth, by Eileen Simpson
  • The damnation of Theron Ware, by Harold Frederic
  • A moveable feast, by Ernest Hemingway
  • The great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • My life and hard times, by James Thurber
  • The woman warrior, by Maxine Hong Kingston
  • Mr. Blandings builds his dream house, by Eric Hodgins
  • Morte d'Urban, by J.F. Powers
  • I was dancing, by Edwin O'Connor
  • Only yesterday, by Frederick Lewis Allen
  • Slouching towards Bethlehem, by Joan Didion
  • Lie down in darkness, by William Styron
  • Cannery Row, by John Steinbeck
  • The rector of Justin, by Louis Auchincloss
  • The shooting party, by Isabel Colegate
  • The elements of style, by William Strunk and E.B. White
  • Act one, by Moss Hart
  • Black boy, by Richard Wright
  • The young lions, by Irwin Shaw
  • Newspaper days, by H.L. Mencken
  • A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, by Mark Twain
  • Pomp and circumstance, by Noel Coward
  • The bridge of San Luis Rey, by Thornton Wilder
  • The collected stories of Peter Taylor
  • The rest of the list
Isbn
9781609450083
Instance
Label
Second reading : notable and neglected books revisited
Title
Second reading
Title remainder
notable and neglected books revisited
Statement of responsibility
Jonathan Yardley
Title variation
Notable and neglected books revisited
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
This collection of five dozen pieces of literary criticism was published in the Washington Post between March 2003 and January 2010. It is a collection of Yardley's opinions of books that he believes are worthy of a second look. They scan the realms of fiction, biography and autobiography, memoirs, and history
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Yardley, Jonathan
Index
no index present
LC call number
PR99
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • English literature
  • American literature
  • French literature
  • Spanish literature
Label
Second reading : notable and neglected books revisited, Jonathan Yardley
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
H.M. Pulham, Esq., by John P. Marquand -- W.C. Fields: his follies and fortunes, by Robert Lewis Taylor -- The autumn of the patriarch, by Gabriel García Márquez -- Reveille in Washington, by Margaret Leech -- The twelve Caesars, by Suetonius, translated by Robert Graves -- Lucky Jim, by Kingley Amis -- The dreadful lemon sky, by John D. MacDonald -- The woman within, by Ellen Glasgow -- Tom Jones, by Henry Fielding -- Paper Tiger, by Stanley Woodward -- The Reivers, by William Faulkner -- Notes of a native son, by James Baldwin -- Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier -- Someone like you, by Roald Dahl -- The long season, by Jim Brosnan -- Speak, memory, by Vladimir Nabokov -- The housebreaker of Shady Hill, by John Cheever -- The boys on the bus, by Timothy Crouse -- The sketch book, by Washington Irving -- The catcher in the rye, by J.D. Salinger -- Crazy salad, by Nora Ephron -- A new life, by Bernard Malamud -- Cyrano, by Edmund Rostand, translated by Brian Hooker -- The house on Coliseum Street, by Shirley Ann Grau -- Pogo, by Walt Kelly -- The habit of being: the letters of Flannery O'Conner, edited by Sally Fitzgerald -- The death of the heart, by Elizabeth Bowen -- Satchmo: my life in New Orleans, by Louis Armstrong -- The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin -- Look at me, by Anita Brookner -- Beat to quarters, by C.S. Forester -- The fathers, by Allen Tate -- Sula, by Toni Morrison -- The revolt of Mamie Stover, by William Bradford Huie -- The robber bridegroom, by Eudora Welty -- Fanny Hill, by John Cleland -- Poets in their youth, by Eileen Simpson -- The damnation of Theron Ware, by Harold Frederic -- A moveable feast, by Ernest Hemingway -- The great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald -- My life and hard times, by James Thurber -- The woman warrior, by Maxine Hong Kingston -- Mr. Blandings builds his dream house, by Eric Hodgins -- Morte d'Urban, by J.F. Powers -- I was dancing, by Edwin O'Connor -- Only yesterday, by Frederick Lewis Allen -- Slouching towards Bethlehem, by Joan Didion -- Lie down in darkness, by William Styron -- Cannery Row, by John Steinbeck -- The rector of Justin, by Louis Auchincloss -- The shooting party, by Isabel Colegate -- The elements of style, by William Strunk and E.B. White -- Act one, by Moss Hart -- Black boy, by Richard Wright -- The young lions, by Irwin Shaw -- Newspaper days, by H.L. Mencken -- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, by Mark Twain -- Pomp and circumstance, by Noel Coward -- The bridge of San Luis Rey, by Thornton Wilder -- The collected stories of Peter Taylor -- The rest of the list
Dimensions
21 cm
Extent
351 pages
Isbn
9781609450083
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Label
Second reading : notable and neglected books revisited, Jonathan Yardley
Publication
Copyright
Note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
H.M. Pulham, Esq., by John P. Marquand -- W.C. Fields: his follies and fortunes, by Robert Lewis Taylor -- The autumn of the patriarch, by Gabriel García Márquez -- Reveille in Washington, by Margaret Leech -- The twelve Caesars, by Suetonius, translated by Robert Graves -- Lucky Jim, by Kingley Amis -- The dreadful lemon sky, by John D. MacDonald -- The woman within, by Ellen Glasgow -- Tom Jones, by Henry Fielding -- Paper Tiger, by Stanley Woodward -- The Reivers, by William Faulkner -- Notes of a native son, by James Baldwin -- Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier -- Someone like you, by Roald Dahl -- The long season, by Jim Brosnan -- Speak, memory, by Vladimir Nabokov -- The housebreaker of Shady Hill, by John Cheever -- The boys on the bus, by Timothy Crouse -- The sketch book, by Washington Irving -- The catcher in the rye, by J.D. Salinger -- Crazy salad, by Nora Ephron -- A new life, by Bernard Malamud -- Cyrano, by Edmund Rostand, translated by Brian Hooker -- The house on Coliseum Street, by Shirley Ann Grau -- Pogo, by Walt Kelly -- The habit of being: the letters of Flannery O'Conner, edited by Sally Fitzgerald -- The death of the heart, by Elizabeth Bowen -- Satchmo: my life in New Orleans, by Louis Armstrong -- The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin -- Look at me, by Anita Brookner -- Beat to quarters, by C.S. Forester -- The fathers, by Allen Tate -- Sula, by Toni Morrison -- The revolt of Mamie Stover, by William Bradford Huie -- The robber bridegroom, by Eudora Welty -- Fanny Hill, by John Cleland -- Poets in their youth, by Eileen Simpson -- The damnation of Theron Ware, by Harold Frederic -- A moveable feast, by Ernest Hemingway -- The great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald -- My life and hard times, by James Thurber -- The woman warrior, by Maxine Hong Kingston -- Mr. Blandings builds his dream house, by Eric Hodgins -- Morte d'Urban, by J.F. Powers -- I was dancing, by Edwin O'Connor -- Only yesterday, by Frederick Lewis Allen -- Slouching towards Bethlehem, by Joan Didion -- Lie down in darkness, by William Styron -- Cannery Row, by John Steinbeck -- The rector of Justin, by Louis Auchincloss -- The shooting party, by Isabel Colegate -- The elements of style, by William Strunk and E.B. White -- Act one, by Moss Hart -- Black boy, by Richard Wright -- The young lions, by Irwin Shaw -- Newspaper days, by H.L. Mencken -- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, by Mark Twain -- Pomp and circumstance, by Noel Coward -- The bridge of San Luis Rey, by Thornton Wilder -- The collected stories of Peter Taylor -- The rest of the list
Dimensions
21 cm
Extent
351 pages
Isbn
9781609450083
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n

Subject

Library Locations

    • East Islip Public LibraryBorrow it
      381 E Main Street, 381 East Main Street, NY, 11730, US
      40.735575 -73.173381
    • Harborfields Public LibraryBorrow it
      31 Broadway, Greenlawn, NY, 11740, US
      40.871184 -73.366948

Library Links

Structured data from the Bibframe namespace is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by Public Libraries of Suffolk County, New York. Additional terms may apply to data associated with third party namespaces.