Class 11 English Elective ESSAY 5. WHAT IS A GOOD BOOK?

Class 11 English Elective ESSAY 5. WHAT IS A GOOD BOOK?
Class 11 English Elective ESSAY 5. WHAT IS A GOOD BOOK?
प्रश्न बैंक - सह - उत्तर पुस्तक (Question Bank-Cum-Answer Book) Class 11 English Elective (ESSAY ) 5. WHAT IS A GOOD BOOK? - John Ruskin MAIN POINTS ☞ The essay 'What is a Good Book?' is written by John Ruskin. ☞ The extract is taken from Sesame and Lilies. ☞ According to the author a good book is always in the printed form. ☞ We can't categorize a newspaper or a letter to a book. Both of these lack permanence. Thus a good book should have permanence in nature. ☞ Ruskin says there are good books as well as bad books. ☞ He says that a person should always read good books. ☞ There have been books written by great men of all ages. These books take us in the company of the aristocracy. ☞ The author says that gates of knowledge are open to only those people who are meritorious. We can't enter these gates with wealth or bribery. ☞ A good book contains a very deep meaning. We can understand it only if we can read between the lines.