![]() Bennett explores this idea in a quite humorous way, although I have to say that all in all I found the book a little boring to read. ![]() ![]() Seeing the impact reading might have on the Queen makes for some interesting reading. This, roughly, is the outset of The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett, a little novella of less than a hundred pages.First of all, I found the idea quite intriguing. Her new-found habit influences the way the Queen carries out her duties, the way she treats the people around her and the way she sees life. To her own surprise, she develops a liking for books, although she considers herself a 'doer' and does not see reading as 'doing'. ![]() The Queen reads the book, wants to return it and finds herself borrowing more. The Queen of England haphazardly stumbles upon a traveling library at Buckingham Palace and borrows a book simply because she feels it is expected of her to please the librarian. ![]()
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