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The Haunted Wood : A History of Childhood Reading, Hardback Book

The Haunted Wood : A History of Childhood Reading Hardback

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Do you remember the first time you fell in love with a book?The stories we read as children extend far beyond our childhoods; they are a window into our deepest hopes, joys and anxieties.

They reveal our past – collective and individual, remembered and imagined – and invite us to dream up different futures. In a pioneering history of children’s literature, from the ancient world to the present day, Sam Leith reveals the magic of our most cherished stories, and the ways in which they have shaped and consoled entire generations.

Excavating the complex lives of beloved writers, Leith offers a humane portrait of a genre – one acutely sensitive to its authors’ distinct contexts. ***'Profoundly erudite and gloriously entertaining, this is the most purely enjoyable literary history I have ever read.' Tom Holland'Seriously delightful, and delightfully serious... all of us who love to read started here, and Sam Leith does a wonderful job of reminding us how and why it happened.' Lee Child'A wonderful book that rediscovers the magic of childhood reading and explores the complexity of some of our best loved authors.' Nina Stibbe

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