Stories of books and libraries /
"A collection of short fiction on the subject of books and libraries, by great writers from the past two centuries"--
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Published: |
Alfred A. Knopf,
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Publisher Address: | New York : |
Publication Dates: | 2023. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: |
English Multiple |
Series: |
Everyman's pocket classics
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Summary: |
"A collection of short fiction on the subject of books and libraries, by great writers from the past two centuries"-- |
Carrier Form: | 494 pages ; 20cm. |
ISBN: |
9780593536278 0593536274 |
Index Number: | PN6071 |
CLC: | I14 |
Call Number: | I14/S884-3 |
Contents: |
Exchange / Books and roses / Treasure of Wisdom / A general in the library / Community life / A morning in the Bodleian / Girl reading / The man who liked Dickens / Continuity of parks / The ex-wife / The public library / Juliet / Enoch Soames / The Library of Babel / The Pleasure of Books / From The uncommon reader / The icon-painters / Two essays of Elia / My mother and the books / Forewarned / From If on a winter's night a traveler / My first Tolstoy / Lily Bart's hat shop / Wuthering Heights / From 84 Charing Cross Road / Unpacking my library / From Everyman remembers / Building a library / The Gatsby Trial / The Library / |