As someone who played at building bricks with ther father's 22-volume set of Trollope, and who considered herself truly married only when she and her husband merged book collections, she is well-equipped to expand upon the perverse pleasures of compulsive proofreading, the satisfactions of reading aloud, and the siren call of literary gluttony. Writing with humour and erudition, Fadiman revives the tradition of the well-crafted personal essay, moving easily from anecdotes about Coleridge and Orwell to tales of her own pathologically literary family. Arranged roughly in the order of publication, the essays. This witty collection of essays recounts a lifelong love affair with books and language. The reader is invited to join her confederacy of recreational proofreaders and word addicts in EX LIBRIS: CONFESSIONS OF A COMMON READER. sunned spine, marks to cover, page tanning, some wear, watermarksĮX LIBRIS: Confessions of a Common ReaderįAIR: sunned spine, marks to cover, page tanning, some wear, watermarks Reading is the one act that is both intensely personal and publicour bookcases alone can tell a thousand secrets, and yet we display them proudly, instead of hiding them from our friends and neighborsa concept I truly appreciate after reading this collection.
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