Walton's timeless reflections on the joys of fishing and the beauty of the English countryside continue to captivate readers to this day, making this book a classic in both angling literature and English literature as a whole.

Although the 1653 world of Izaak Walton was far different from our own, his advice on fishing has never gone out of style.

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.