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In the Track of the Bookworm
Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain textA rambling, affectionate account of a lifelong reader’s wanderings through secondhand bookshops and the odd, unrepeatable finds waiting inside them. Browne wrote for other people who understood exactly why a battered old volume could be worth an entire afternoon’s detour. I recognise the type of reader he is describing rather too well.
The librarian
- Reading time
- About 1 hr 45 min
- Where to find it
- On the Archive shelves
- Edition
- Project Gutenberg, eBook #36764. In the public domain in the United States.