Title

The book of virtues : a treasury of great moral stories

Description

Well-known works including fables, folklore, fiction, drama, and more, by such authors as Aesop, Dickens, Tolstoy, Shakespeare, and Baldwin, are presented to teach virtues, including compassion, courage, honesty, friendship, and faith.

Identifier

472068

671683063

Contributor

Bennett, William J

Source

Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection

Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.

Catalog record

Language

eng

Date

1993

Program air date: January 9, 1994.

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

Text

Transcription of Annotations
Notes on front endpapers: Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, James Baldwin, Martin Luther King. Underlinings/notes: Lamb underscores book's purpose, audience, reasoning for selections, Bennett's observations, background on pieces, and the gist/relationship of selections as well as references to authors/titles mentioned but not excerpted in the book. Lamb's notes punctuate people (Wright Brothers), observations (immune to poison),qualities (courage, perseverance) and activities (Reading books).

Subject

"Literature--Collections."

"Conduct of life--Literary collections."

Relation

Original Booknotes interview

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