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Book lust

Sunday, 25 April, 2004

Was going through my old Briefing copies the other day and stumbled across this quote from Issue #282:

I was very pleased recently to find some justification for my own book lust and the pleasure I get just from looking at row of book spines on my shelf, like trophies or heads of game I've shot. Arnold Bennett in his essay, “What is Literature?” said this:

Get books. Buy books. Put them on your shelf. Gaze upon them and enjoy their gleam. If one attracts your fancy, pull it down, run your hand over the cover and turn to the contents page. Skim your eye down it; if something seems interesting, turn to it, sit down and read while it holds your interest. Read whatever you like; don't try too hard to read what seems good or clever. Just read! And don't be timid when buying books. Buy beautiful editions which make you long to open them. They will always be worth the investment. After all, a book is the best kind of furniture.

(Greg Clarke, “Read anything lately?”)

I am now bracing myself for the hordes of readers who will now pounce on me for my perceived materialism.

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