To offset
The Library Book, I'd like to mention another book that fits the theme but is too short for a club discussion. I was totally charmed by
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett, which is the account of how Elizabeth II discovered reading. Very funny and insightful, it made my ten-best list the year I read it.
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I picked that up on special a couple of months ago, thinking it sounded good. I have not tried to read it yet. Not sure why it didn't occur to me to nominate it ... probably because I was already spoilt for choice.
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I'm glad you didn't!
If you do get around to it, I'd be interested in your reaction. For me, the raging elitism of the author and her inserting her not-very-profound personal take on the story were unendurable. The low was the idiotic sequence about experiencing book-burning.
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The Penguin Classics Book by Henry Eliot. HarryT mentioned this on another thread some time ago, and it sounds interesting. But it's also very long and very expensive.
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I'm glad you've jogged my memory about this, not that it's become more affordable! But I'd love to read it.