A Guide to Books You've Always Wanted to Read

Practically a classic itself, Invitation to the Classics is a popular guide to those great works of literature that you always meant to read. Full color and engaging, this book is a gateway to the fulfilling pursuit of understanding our culture by exploring its most enduring writings.

This book is made up of articles composed by a variety of professors, Catholic and Protestant, each providing a brief overview of a piece of great literature and including resources for further study.  The selections are arranged in chronological order, including Homer, Herodotus, Augustine, Dante, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Austen, Wordsworth, Keats, Dostoyevsky, Eliot, Lewis and many, many more.

Louise Cowan is professor of literature at the University of Dallas and cofounder of the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture. She is the author of many books and essays on literary and educational topics. 

Os Guinness is a senior fellow with The Trinity Forum and the author of many books, including Time for Truth, The Call, and Long Journey Home.

 "These sparkling essays remind us of the deep pleasures of literature and its power to instruct and delight."
--Publishers Weekly

"A magnificent resource, an urgently needed publication in an era when politically correct higher education is trying to deconstruct Western civilization. Wonderful!"
--Charles Colson