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An edition of The Uncommon Reader (2007)

The Uncommon Reader

A Novella

by

  • ★★★★ ★ 4.50 ·
  • 2 Ratings
  • 45 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 10 Have read

The Uncommon Reader is none other than HM the Queen who drifts accidentally into reading when her corgis stray into a mobile library parked at Buckingham Palace. She reads widely ( JR Ackerley, Jean Genet, Ivy Compton Burnett and the classics) and intelligently. Her reading naturally changes her world view and her relationship with people like the oleaginous prime minister and his repellent advisers. She comes to question the prescribed order of the world and loses patience with much that she has to do. In short, her reading is subversive. The consequence is, of course, surprising, mildly shocking and very funny.

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Language
English
Pages
128

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Subjects
Kings and rulers, Literature, Fiction, Books and reading, Queens, Large type books, Bekannter, Entdeckung, Leseinteresse, Bediensteter, Skönlitteratur, Kings, queens, rulers, Böcker och läsning, Reinas, Libros y lectura, Ficción, Reyes y soberanos, Romans, nouvelles, Livres et lecture, Récits humoristiques, Mœurs et coutumes, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, humorous, general, Elizabeth ii, queen of great britain, 1926-, fiction
People
Elizabeth II Queen of Great Britain (1926-), Königin, II.) Elisabeth (Gro britannien, E lisabeth II (1926- ... ;) reine de Grande-Bretagne), Élizabeth II reine de Grande-Bretagne (1926-)
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Great Britain, Gran Bretaña, Angleterre

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Reine des Lectrices
2014-04-02, Denoël
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Una lectora nada común
2014, Editorial Anagrama
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2008, Verlag Klaus Wagenbach
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2008, Faber and Faber / Profile Books
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The Uncommon Reader: A Novella
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Library of Congress
PR6052.E5 U53 2007

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Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
128
Dimensions
7.7 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
Weight
8 ounces

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Open Library
OL9765124M
Internet Archive
uncommonreader0000benn
ISBN 10
0374280967
ISBN 13
9780374280963
LCCN
2007926975
OCLC/WorldCat
163582083
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3620689
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1096390

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