Style: The Art of Writing Well

"The best book on the art of writing that I know is F. L. Lucas's Style"
- Joseph Epstein, New Criterion, June 2011
Lost for almost forty years, Style has acquired the status of a legend. Loved by some of the greatest modern authors and acclaimed by critics, this guide to recognising and writing stylish prose was written by a Cambridge don and veteran of Bletchley Park. Imbued with a lifetime of wit and wisdom, it retains its power today.

Writing forcefully and persuasively has never mattered so much - and Style is the perfect guide for the busy, the ambitious, and the creative.

With unique authority and good humour, F. L. Lucas takes us through his ten points of effective prose style and provides a tour of some of the best (and worst) that has been written in a number of languages and literatures. Wry, perceptive and rich in quotation and anecdote, the book reads like a personal conversation on the art of writing well - with a master of the art.

• The Writer's Workshop: Imitating Your Way to Better Writing
• A Literary Education and Other Essays
• Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting
• Proslogion: including Gaunilo Objections and Anselm's Replies
• How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One
• The Didascalicon of Hugh of Saint Victor: A Guide to the Arts
• York Mystery Plays: A Selection in Modern Spelling (Oxford World's Classics)
• How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
• Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style
• Essays in Biography