---
title: 'Writers We Love to Read'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Henry Jackson Van Dyke, Jr.'
date: 1920-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Literature'
- 'Character and Conduct of Life'
scriptures:
- 'Proverbs 12'
- 'James 3'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/van-dyke-1920-writers-we-love-to-read
---

# Writers We Love to Read

Kipling's poem contrasts enduring maxims with fleeting market fads. Van Dyke praises Thackeray's realism, manners, and satiric honesty that reveal true character.

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