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The Forgotten Friendships, Hidden Stories & Lost Loves Found Inside Second-Hand Books · Compiled by W. B. Gooderham

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Back to Malory Towers by Enid Blyton

""alright, good, brill""

Back to Malory Towers

Enid Blyton

3 September, 2025
Maria Chapdelaine by Louis Hémon 1

"My dearest, this is very very much after the fact..."

Maria Chapdelaine

Louis Hémon

3 June, 2025
A Shakespeare Anthology by William Shakespeare 2

"Subtract from many modern poets all that may be found in Shakespeare, and trash with remain..."

A Shakespeare Anthology

William Shakespeare

26 October, 2024
The Inner Life by C.W. Leadbeater 1

"I WOULD ASK READERS OF THIS BOOK TO STUDY "THE HIDDEN SIDE OF THINGS" BY C.W. LEADBEATER PUBLISHED IN 1913"

The Inner Life

C.W. Leadbeater

20 July, 2023
On the Shortness of Life by Seneca

""How to live by a man who killed himself...""

On the Shortness of Life

Seneca

4 July, 2023
Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia 1

"WHY NO...?"

Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia

Richard Cook

28 April, 2023
Warne's "Top-All" Book For Girls - edited by Mary England

""Read between the lines and catch some excellent inuendo (sic)...""

Warne's "Top-All" Book For Girls

Mary England (Editor)

4 January, 2023
The Myth of Neurosis by Dr Garth Wood

"Interestingly the author of this booked [sic] killed himself in 2001..."

The Myth of Neurosis

Dr Garth Wood

29 November, 2022
Bartleby lo scrivano [Bartleby the Scrivener] by

"Ah, umanità!"

Bartleby lo scrivano [Bartleby the Scrivener]

Herman Melville

3 October, 2022
The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 9

"You will doubtless utter curses / After several hundred verses ..."

The Song of Hiawatha

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

30 August, 2022

"I felt so keen a longing for Mm. de Guermantes that I could scarcely breathe..."

Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy

René Descartes

1 April, 2022
A Nietzsche Reader by

""Lay it to thy heart...""

A Nietzsche Reader

Friedrich Nietzsche

21 December, 2021
Making It Up by Penelope Lively

""Time past and time future are perhaps both present In time present. Or the converse. Wotever.""

Making It Up

Penelope Lively

19 November, 2021
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein

"The most sensitive rag-doll I know..."

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

Gertrude Stein

13 September, 2021
Passage to Juneau by Jonathan Raban

"Role [sic] the wooden rocks between your palms..."

Passage to Juneau

Jonathan Raban

20 December, 2019
The Art of Coarse Sex by Michael Green

"Oh, what a Happy Christmas!"

Art of Coarse Sex

Michael Green

20 December, 2019