About Henry Oliver
A nerdy literature newsletter
Welcome to The Common Reader, dedicated to reading the best that has been thought and said.
I mostly write about great literature from Chaucer to modern translated fiction, but I also cover AI, biography, and late bloomers, plus a few miscellaneous topics.
I do this because great literature matters a lot. But mostly I do it because I love literature.
Some of what follows is taken from my post “How to get started reading English Literature” and some of it is from “Why I Write The Common Reader”.
Great literature is the heart of a civilization.