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The Problem: Understanding versus appreciation
There’s a big difference between understanding and appreciation.
You can understand something and not appreciate it, but you can never appreciate anything without understanding it.
Appreciation takes time. Imagination. And knowledge.
“The more you look, the more you see. The more you see, the better you know where to look.”
This website was created to help you appreciate literature, which is language charged with meaning as Ezra Pound said.
Our Plan
Jimmy will read only classics – to find out how other people lead their lives in order how to lead our own.
Each novel or story will be read entirely. Then, it will be analyzed.
The analysis of literature is how you develop appreciation, not just understanding.
The joy of language is that it should be read aloud.
So welcome! Explore… and email your comments and questions to [email protected]
Latest from the Blog
April 10, 2026
Most readers approach A Farewell to Arms as a tragic love story set against the chaos of war. They remember Catherine’s devotion, the retreat from Caporetto, the rain at the end. They speak of loss, of inevitability, of the brutality of history swallowing private happiness.
April 6, 2026
The Most Dangerous Game ends with a sentence that has bothered readers for generations:
“He had never slept in a better bed.”
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