Why read the classics?

A great article from Italo Calvino, dating back to 1986 but no less relevant today.

If you're any kind of reader, check this out...

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All at once or a bit at a time?

Here's a quick question. If you're reading a book and absolutely loving it, do you gobble it up as quickly as you can because you just can't stop yourself or do you ration yourself to a certain number of chapters at a time to make the pleasure of reading it last longer?