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Reading Room

A Year of Literary Curiosities

Ian Sansom

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English
British Library Publishing
10 October 2019
This is a playful and provocative collection of 365 extracts sourced from the British Library's collections. Selected to challenge and inform the reader, each excerpt is accompanied by the unique shelfmark number of the source publication. Encompassing a wide range of great works in literature, poetry, essays and letters, historical and scientific treatises, and including beloved and popular authors as well as controversial writers, each extract will encourage enquiry and stimulate the imagination. Beautifully designed and illustrated with the Library's collections, with one extract for every day of the year, this book can be read as a thought to start the day or can be dipped into for inspiration at random.
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Imprint:   British Library Publishing
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 156mm, 
ISBN:   9780712352543
ISBN 10:   0712352546
Pages:   352
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Ian Sansom is Director of the Oscar Wilde Centre, Trinity College Dublin. He is the author of more than 14 books and has written on a variety of topics for the Guardian, the TLS and the Irish Times. He is also a regular broadcaster on BBC Radio 4 and Radio 3.

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