To read a book well, one should read it as if one were writing it.

To read a book well, one should read it as if one were writing it.

Virginia Woolf

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What turned up: “How Should One Read a Book?”, The Yale Review (October1926 version); Read edition note and extended opening discussion of reading as participation in the author’s experiment. Cita online edition explicitly uses public-domain1926text, distinct from1932revision licensed for print. Complete sentence;
Work: “How Should One Read a Book?”, The Yale Review (October1926 version)
Sources checked: citapress.orgChecked using manual, 20 October 2026“How Should One Read a Book?”, The Yale Review (October1926 version); Read edition note and extended opening discussion of reading as participation in the author’s experiment. Cita online edition explicitly uses public-domain1926text, distinct from1932revision licensed for print. Complete sentence;

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