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The Uncommon Reader

Obliged to borrow a book when her corgis stray into a mobile library, the Queen discovers a passion for reading, setting the palace upon its head and causing the royal head of Great Britain to question her role in the monarchy.

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  • "Gab bags"@en
  • "Uncommon reader"@he
  • "Uncommon reader"@it
  • "Uncommon reader"@pl
  • "The uncommon reader"@it

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  • "La quatrième de couverture indique : "Que se passerait-il outre-Manche si Sa Majesté la Reine se découvrait une passion pour la lecture ? Si, d'un coup, rien n'arrêtait son insatiable soif de livres, au point qu'elle en vienne à négliger ses engagements royaux ? Henry James, les soeurs Brontë, Jean Genet et bien d'autres défilent sous l'oeil implacable d'Elizabeth, cependant que le monde so British de Buckingham Palace s'inquiète. Du valet de chambre au Prince Philip, tous grincent des dents tandis que la royale passion littéraire met sens dessus dessous l'implacable protocole de la maison Windsor.""
  • "Eine Liebeserklärung an die Queen und an die Literatur - wer hätte gedacht, dass das zusammenpasst? Alan Bennett, 1934 in Leeds geboren, wurde bekann durch seine TV Commedy-Revue Beyond the Frings sowie durch die 1987 unter dem Titel Talking Heads von der BBC gesendeten Monologe. Neben zahlreichen Theaterstücken und seinen Arbeiten für Fernsehen und Rundfunk schreibt Bennett seit Mitte der neunziger Jahre auch Prosa."
  • "Obliged to borrow a book when her corgis stray into a mobile library, the Queen discovers a passion for reading, setting the palace upon its head and causing the royal head of Great Britain to question her role in the monarchy."@en
  • "Obliged to borrow a book when her corgis stray into a mobile library, the Queen discovers a passion for reading, setting the palace upon its head and causing the royal head of Great Britain to question her role in the monarchy."
  • "It was the corgis' fault. When they strayed through the grounds of Buckingham Palace, the Queen discovered the City of Westminster travelling library. The Queen has never had much time for reading - pleasures always come second place to duty - 'though now that one is here I suppose one ought to borrow a book'. She is about to discover the joys of literature, albeit late in life. One book leads to another and the Queen is soon engrossed in the delights of reading."
  • "The Queen of England comes across a travelling library and ends up taking out a novel. One read leads to another and a passion awakes, resulting in a decline of her public duties."@en
  • "The Queen of England comes across a travelling library and ends up taking out a novel. One read leads to another and a passion awakes, resulting in a decline of her public duties."
  • "Une farce sur le pouvoir subversif de la lecture. La reine d'Angleterre se découvre par hasard un goût pour la lecture. Rien n'arrête son appétit dévorant et elle en vient à négliger ses engagements. Du valet de chambre au prince Philip, tout Buckingham grince des dents tandis que cette passion royale bouscule le protocole."
  • "Led by her yapping corgis to the Westminster travelling 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. And so, as she devours work by everyone from Hardy to Brookner to Proust to Beckett, her equerries conspire to bring the Queen's literary odyssey to a close."
  • "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."
  • ""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 ... 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."--Provided by publisher."@en
  • "T was the corgis' fault. When they strayed through the grounds of Buckingham Palace, the Queen discovered the City of Westminster travelling library. The Queen has never had much time for reading - pleasure's always come second place to duty - 'though now that one is here I suppose one ought to borrow a book'. She is about to discover the joys of literature, albeit late in life. One book leads to another and the Queen is soon engrossed in the delights of reading. However, this uncommon reader creates an uncommon problem. The royal household dislikes the Queen's new interest; it makes them uneasy. Books are devices that ignite the imagination. And devices like that are likely to explode."

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  • "Anglické novely"
  • "Talking books"
  • "Ausgabe"
  • "Powieść angielska"@pl
  • "Humorous fiction"@en
  • "Humorous fiction"
  • "Fiction"@he
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Translations"
  • "Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Downloadable e-Books"
  • "Humorous stories"@en
  • "Humorous stories"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Text"
  • "Large type books"
  • "Spanish language materials"
  • "English novellas"

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  • "The Uncommon reader"
  • "Alteța sa cititoare"
  • "Nenavadna bralka"@sl
  • "The Uncommon Reader"
  • "The Uncommon Reader"@en
  • "הקוראת המלכותית"
  • "Una lectora poc corrent"
  • "非普通讀者"
  • "Die souveräne Leserin"
  • "Una lectora nada común"@es
  • "Czytelniczka znakomita"@pl
  • "Czytelniczka znakomita"
  • "The uncommon reader [a Gab bag for book discussion groups]"@en
  • "Una Lectora nada común"@es
  • "The uncommon reader : published in memory of William Troy"
  • "Una Lectora nada común"
  • "Alteţa Sa cititoare : [roman]"
  • "ha-Ḳoret ha-malkhutit"
  • "La reine des lectrices"
  • "<&gt"@he
  • "Непростой читатель : роман"
  • "De ongewone lezer"
  • "Die souveräne Leserin ungekürzte Lesung"
  • "Kraliçe kitap okursa"
  • "Neprostoĭ chitatelʹ : roman"
  • "Fei pu tong du zhe"
  • "Una lectora nada cumún"
  • "Unha lectora fóra do común"
  • "The uncommon reader A Novella"
  • "La sovrana lettrice"
  • "La sovrana lettrice"@it
  • "Una Lectora poc corrent"@ca
  • "The uncommon reader : [a novella]"@en
  • "To vasileio mou gia ena vivlio"
  • "The uncommon reader [books in bag]"@en
  • "Neobyčejný čtenář"
  • "The uncommon reader"
  • "The uncommon reader"@en

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