Confessions of a common reader5/30/2023 ![]() As someone who played at building bricks with ther father's 22-volume set of Trollope, and who considered herself truly married only when she and her husband merged book collections, she is well-equipped to expand upon the perverse pleasures of compulsive proofreading, the satisfactions of reading aloud, and the siren call of literary gluttony. For Fadiman, the books she loves have become chapters in her own. ![]() Writing with humour and erudition, Fadiman revives the tradition of the well-crafted personal essay, moving easily from anecdotes about Coleridge and Orwell to tales of her own pathologically literary family. This witty collection of essays recounts a lifelong love affair with books and language. This witty collection of essays recounts a lifelong love affair with books and language. sunned spine, marks to cover, page tanning, some wear, watermarksĮX LIBRIS: Confessions of a Common ReaderįAIR: sunned spine, marks to cover, page tanning, some wear, watermarks ![]()
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