The Uncommon Reader
by Bennett, Alan
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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The Uncommon Reader: Alan Bennett's classic story about the Queen
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"Led by her yapping corgis to the Westminster traveling library outside Buckingham Palace, the Queen finds herself taking out a novel by Ivy Compton-Burnett. Duff read though it is, the following week her choice proves more enjoyable and awakens in Her Majesty a passion for reading so great that her public duties begin to suffer." Item Price
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The uncommon reader
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London : Faber and Faber ; Profile Books, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 124p. ; 16cm. Subjects: Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain (1926-) ; Fiction. Queens ; Books and reading ; Great Britain ;… Read more about this item Item Price
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Faber and Profile Books, London, 2007. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. The deluxe issue of the first edition, one of an unspecified number of copies signed by the author and housed in a slipcase. Small 8vo. 124pp. Red boards lettered in gold at the spine. Patterned endpapers. A fine copy in fine non-price-clipped dust wrapper and cloth-covered… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Faber & Faber. 2007. 12mo [approx 12.7x18.7cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. 124 pages. The perfect argument for reading using the Queen as the protagonist. Hugely enjoyable and funny. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition, Later Printing. Hardback. Item Price
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Faber and Faber, London, 2007. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. Size: 12mo (small). 121 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages are lightly toned throughout. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally,… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Faber & Faber / Profile Books, 2007. 1st. h/b. Near fine, some scuffing on unclipped d/j. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Alan Bennett's classic story about Queen Elizabeth IIWhat would happen if the Queen became a reader of taste and discernment rather than of Dick Francis? The answer is a perfect story. The Uncommon… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: London Review Bookshop, 2007. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Signed. #77/100 copies. Signed by author at top of title page and dated at bottom. No pencil or ink markings in text. One-fourth blue leather and paper covered boards. Light stains at top area of front board. Top and bottom edges… Read more about this item Item Price
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Uncommon Reader
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