Reading Room: A Year of Literary Curiosities

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.

Delivery note: Please be advised that Express Delivery is not available on this item

Format: Hardback, 352 pages, 120 colour illustrations

ISBN: 9780712352543

Dimensions: 24 x 15.5 x 3 cm