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A propos de ma bibliothèque

My collection is currently maintained in two separate states, so I'm trying to keep track of what I have!

As a kid I was allowed to buy books if they had "educational value," the definition of which was... wonderfully loose. Later, a fair chunk of my collection was made up of books from various courses I took, on everything from Great War literature to Medieval Latin and back again. I also began collecting books connected to my alma mater, Bryn Mawr College, while I was still in undergrad.

Now I primarily acquire books for professional reasons, assembling my personal toolbox for the academic life. Happily, since I study book history, I find I "need" to acquire not only good scholarly editions, but early editions as well. I am currently particularly fascinated with the very-little-known contemporary of Jane Austen, Mary Brunton.

A propos de moi

Very Junior Scholar of eighteenth-century literature by trade, decidedly amateur enthusiast of book arts.

Adhésions

LibraryThing Early Reviewers

En cours de lecture

Spiritual Direction: Wisdom for the Long Walk of Faith par Henri J. M. Nouwen

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Modern Library Classics) par Edward Gibbon

Auteurs favoris

Jane Austen, Mary Brunton, Henry Fielding, Sarah Fielding, Samuel Johnson, Charlotte Lennox, C. S. Lewis, Henri J. M. Nouwen, Samuel Richardson, Dorothy L. Sayers, Laurence Sterne, P. G. Wodehouse

Favoris locaux

Librairies: Blackwell's Oxford

Bibliothèques: Bodleian Library

Connexions des membres

Amis

bohemieblair, lizbee, lydaclunas, maureen.callahan, NovakFreek

Bibliothèque intéressante

BenjaminFranklin, CharlesLamb, MarieAntoinette, SamuelJohnsonLibrary