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title: "The Art of Conversation: A Guided Tour of a Neglected Pleasure Paperback – December 29, 2009"
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# The Art of Conversation: A Guided Tour of a Neglected Pleasure Paperback – December 29, 2009

**Brand:** catherine blyth
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- **What is this?** The Art of Conversation: A Guided Tour of a Neglected Pleasure Paperback – December 29, 2009 by catherine blyth
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Must Read
*by A***. on January 24, 2009*

A thoroughly enjoyable read. The book makes an excellent case for learning to enjoy the pleasure of conversation in a modern world. The author displays a sharp wit and adroitly weaves in an eclectic array of examples to gently chide, educate, and deliver practical advice.As you read you find yourself being drawn in and agreeing with the author, which perhaps is a testament to the same skills being taught in the book itself. She is clearly a erudite woman and has packed a lot of good information in a small space. You'll learn a lot about conversation and get quite of few laughs too. It is definitely a book I will reread in the future and highly recommend to friends.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Five Stars
*by R***N on July 18, 2016*

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### ⭐ Mind the subtitle
*by B***B on September 5, 2013*

If you're looking (as I was) for a book to help you become better at conversation, keep looking. This book does not do that. As the subtitle says, it's more of a guided tour in which the tour guide has collected (and is keen to point out to you) every piece of printed word throughout recorded history that's even tangentially related to Conversation.Quotations are absolutely abused throughout the book, to the point where it's very difficult and frustrating to read because Blythe's thoughts, information, or instruction are never really sustained without recalling at least two or three historical figures and getting their thoughts on the subject. And at least one of those will be so obscure and poorly introduced as to negate any import their words may have had.Blythe does analyze different aspects of conversation as well as offer some vague tips, but rather than really dive into these things, she mentions them more in passing. They seem more like the thread that ties together all the quotations rather than the other way around.I'm at chapter six (or page 115 in the hardback), and I'm not sure I'm willing to hear her out for another 170 pages. I've not read anything so far that indicates the rest would be anything other than quotes cobbled together with ornate, cutesy prose that's quite inappropriate given the topic at hand.Thank god I got this remaindered. Even if it were free, I'd recommend friends not waste their time on it. It's just too shallow to provide practical help and too choppy to be an enjoyable read.

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