Fiction & the Reading Public provoked fierce controvers when first published in 1932, & it has since come to be recognised as a classic in its field. In her fascinating study, Q D Leavis investigates what has happened to the public taste in the last three centuries & what effect this has had on both the life of the nation & the equality of living for the individual. A brilliant piece of literary exegesis & an illuminating anthropological commentary
- DAILY MAIL An illuminating study... it offers a rich store of interest, not only in its vigorous scrutiny of the novel & the influences which have shaped it, but also in its study of changing attitudes & tempos of life amont the general public who read novels... An achievement of distinguished quality & high value. New Republic. She has performed a noble office by inquiring into the case of the bestseller. The result is no less entertaining than instructive -SATURDAY REVIEW.