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On Reading, Writing and Living with Books (London Library, 6) - Softcover

Gayford, Cecily

 
9781782272519: On Reading, Writing and Living with Books (London Library, 6)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1782272518 ISBN 13: 9781782272519
Verlag: Pushkin Press, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

The London Library is the world's largest independent library. Founded in 1841 by Thomas Carlyle (in reaction to the "museum headache" brought on by the crowds in the British Museum Reading Room), it has become a haven for readers, writers and all who draw strength, solace or inspiration from the presence of books. Some of the most illustrious figures of the last two centuries have written, thought and walked there: George Eliot, Charles Dickens, E.M. Forster, Virginia Woolf and many more were members.<br><br>And over time, some of these celebrated members have shared--with each other, or with an interested public--their views on the delights, challenges and joys of reading, writing and living with books.<br><br>The books in "Found on the Shelves" have been chosen to give a fascinating insight into the treasures that can be found while browsing in The London Library. Now celebrating its 175th anniversary, with over seventeen miles of shelving and more than a million books, The London Library has become an unrivalled archive of the modes, manners and thoughts of each generation which has helped to form it.<br><br>From essays on dieting in the 1860s to instructions for gentlewomen on trout-fishing, from advice on the ill health caused by the "modern" craze of bicycling to travelogues from Norway, they are as readable and relevant today as they were more than a century ago.

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<b>Virginia Woolf</b> (1882-1941) was the daughter of Leslie Stephen, who was President of The London Library from 1892 until his death in 1904. She was one of the greatest novelists and essayists of the twentieth century.<br><br><b>George Eliot</b> (1819-1880) and George Henry Lewes, the man with whom she lived from 1854 until his death in 1878, were both devoted members of The London Library. She was one of the greatest Victorian writers, whose novel <i>Middlemarch</i> was described by Virginia Woolf as "one of the few English novels written for grown-up people".<br><br><b>James Henry Leigh Hunt</b> (1784-1859) was the 877th person to join The London Library. He was a poet, critic and journalist. Despite being a household name in his day, and remembered as one of the great reformers, his poetry has not been widely read.<br><br><b>Edward Morgan Forster </b>(1879-1970) joined The London Library in 1904 as a life member. He was Vice-President from 1961 until his death.

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Verlag
Pushkin Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2017
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1782272518
ISBN 13 
9781782272519
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
96
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