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The Uncommon Reader

By Alan Bennett

The Uncommon Reader Contemporary literature

The Uncommon Reader

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Alan Bennett's classic story about Queen Elizabeth II What 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 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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
128
Release Date:
2021-03-25
Publication Date:
2021-03-25
Publisher:
Profile Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1788168062
ISBN13:
9781788168069
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
102 g
Height:
175 cm
Width:
108 cm
Thickness:
14 cm

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