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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780312427641
ISBN: 0312427646
Label: Picador
Manufacturer: Picador
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: September 30, 2008
Publisher: Picador
Release Date: September 30, 2008
Sales Rank: 2731
Studio: Picador
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
From one of England's most celebrated writers, the author of the award-winning The History Boys, a funny and superbly observed novella about the Queen of England and the subversive power of reading
When her corgis stray into a mobile library parked near Buckingham Palace, the Queen feels duty-bound to borrow a book. Discovering the joy of reading widely (from J. R. Ackerley, Jean Genet, and Ivy Compton-Burnett to the classics) and intelligently, she finds that her view of the world changes dramatically. Abetted in her newfound obsession by Norman, a young man from the royal kitchens, the Queen comes to question the prescribed order of the world and loses patience with the routines of her role as monarch. Her new passion for reading initially alarms the palace staff and soon leads to surprising and very funny consequences for the country at large.
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- A welcome surpriseI broke down and bought this after a couple of my friends gave it really good reviews. When it arrived, however, I was pretty mad to see how short the book was. Granted when I went back and looked at the product page, I could see it is called a novella, so it's not like they were falsely advertising it. It was really my own fault for not noticing how short the book was.
Once I started reading it though, I was hooked. The premise is quite interesting: the Queen starts reading- first ... Read More
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- A Royal TreatWhen the Queen of England happens into a bookmobile, she feels compelled by courtesy to check out a book. But when she takes it home and actually reads it, the world of books -- in fact, the world in general -- opens up in a way that this seemingly worldly woman never expected. And in this tiny novella, Bennett opens up the Queen's interior and exterior lives and the world of reading in ways I never expected. A smart and witty treat!
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- An absolute delightWhile the Queen was out with her dogs one day, the dogs took off and started barking at the traveling library (bookmobile) that was on the Palace grounds. The Queen feels duty bound to go over and apologize for her dogs' actions. While she was in the bookmobile she met a young man who works in the Palace kitchen. She also feels obligated to check out a book, so she leaves with The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford. She becomes so engrossed in the book that she feigns illness so she could stay in ... Read More
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- "Once upon a time ..."It was the dogs' fault."
The Queen (aka "One") met Norman Seakins and books in a van parked near the garbage bins.
One "read of course, as one did, but liking books was something she left to other people."
One is thorough: "Books, bread and butter, mashed potato - one finishes what's on one's plate."
Norman becomes her amanuensis (and more); he "was unaffected by her because she seemed so ancient, her royalty obliterated by her seniority."
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- ABennett's sweet satire of politics and the British monarchy is also a surprising love letter to reading and the pursuit of knowledge. What is sometimes a comedy of manners is also a well-written, beautiful little book about finding happiness late in life in unexpected places. Filled with bon mots and gentle humor, Bennett masterfully weaves inticing plot with brilliant characterizations that bounce off of the page. In fact, the characters are drawn so well, that it is hard to believe the book is a slim ... Read More
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