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Chatham Book Finds

Found these three paperback books in Chatham for fifty pence to a pound yesterday -



I love perusing charity shops!
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[identity profile] cmcmck.livejournal.com 2014-10-29 08:46 am (UTC)(link)
Aphra Behn is an amazing writer!

You have three truly amazing books there.
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[identity profile] thespian15.livejournal.com 2014-10-29 10:04 am (UTC)(link)
So is Frankenstein written exactly how Mary wrote it? :o That could be interesting/difficult.
Hugs, Jon

[identity profile] davesmusictank.livejournal.com 2014-10-31 03:59 pm (UTC)(link)
It is one i have read before but this is the original text version rather than a later version. I hope to get round to reading it again.

[identity profile] thespian15.livejournal.com 2014-11-01 12:23 pm (UTC)(link)
You will have to let us know how it goes. :)

[identity profile] kabuldur.livejournal.com 2014-10-29 10:09 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, oh, Frankenstein! (I have a copy, having studied it for uni.)

I love Steinbeck but don't think I have read this one.

Hooray for inexpensive charity shops!

[identity profile] a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com 2014-10-29 01:21 pm (UTC)(link)
*HUGS*

[identity profile] ba1126.livejournal.com 2014-10-29 01:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I love charity shops, too. With 7 kids, I did most of my clothes shopping there!!One day my daughter asked "Are we poor?" Startled, I said "No, why do you ask?" Seems somebody asked where she got her 'new' skirt and she told them 'the thrift store'. They said it must mean that we were poor. My response was "I could buy your clothes in a regular store and you'd have 3 skirts and 5 blouses. But since I shop at a thrift store, you have 7 skirts and 10 blouses." She gave a big smile and said "OH! That's good!!" and never was bothered about it again.

[identity profile] davesmusictank.livejournal.com 2014-10-29 02:32 pm (UTC)(link)
So they understood that you get more bangs for your bucks in a charity shop. New paperbacks are close to ten quid in normal shops
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[identity profile] cmcmck.livejournal.com 2014-10-29 03:49 pm (UTC)(link)
You know, I come from a working class background and I'd have to say that the answer to the question: 'when did you find out you were poor?' would have to be 'when somebody told me'.

[identity profile] manue7a.livejournal.com 2014-10-29 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Read all of them and love the Steinbeck one.

[identity profile] duccio.livejournal.com 2014-10-29 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Cannery Row is a fav. I've been to Monterey California where it takes place many times. It's a beautiful place.
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[personal profile] delphipsmith 2014-10-30 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
Oroonoko is really interesting; I had to read it last year for an English class on early science fiction. Be interested to hear what you think of it. Frankenstein of course a classic -- very very different from what most people imagine who have not read it but only seen the various movies!

[identity profile] gillpolack.livejournal.com 2014-10-31 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
I love all three books - well discovered!
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