The Compleat Angler is acknowledged to be one of the world's books. Only the trouble is that the world doesn't read its books, it borrows a detective story instead.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- People often ignore deep literature in favor of easy entertainment like detective stories.
- In plain terms
- The world skips serious books and reads crime stories instead.
- What can you take from it?
- Entertainment often overrides substance in reading habits.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What do you read most?
- Why do you choose certain books?
Another view
Many people do read serious literature despite this trend.
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