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"A collection of short fiction on the subject of books and libraries, by great writers from the past two centuries"--

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Holloway, Jane (Pamela Jane) (Editor)
Published: Alfred A. Knopf,
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 /