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4 de sept. de 2008 · The Uncommon Reader: Alan Bennett's classic story about Queen Elizabeth II - Kindle edition by Bennett, Alan. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Uncommon Reader: Alan Bennett's classic story about Queen Elizabeth II.
"The Uncommon Reader" – Norman Seakins Norman Seakins Alter wird in "The Uncommon Reader" nicht näher beschrieben, außer, dass er recht jung ist.Norman arbeitet zuerst als Küchenjunge im Palast und wird dann von der Queen zu ihrem persönlichen Literaturberater ernannt.Von anderen Angestellten, wie Sir Kevin, wird er als dünn und mit roten Haaren bezeichnet.
18 de sept. de 2007 · Any common reader will enjoy a good laugh from British playwright Alan Bennett’s The Uncommon Reader, which can be consumed in a few spare hours. But readers expecting a work as brilliant and scathing as Bennett’s plays The History Boys (2004) and The Madness of King George (1991), or even his other short stories, should expect something completely different.
The Uncommon Reader. : A deliciously funny novella that celebrates the pleasure of reading. When the Queen in pursuit of her wandering corgis stumbles upon a mobile library she feels duty bound to borrow a book. Aided by Norman, a young man from the palace kitchen who frequents the library, Bennett describes the Queen's transformation as she ...
18 de sept. de 2007 · Any common reader will enjoy a good laugh from British playwright Alan Bennett’s The Uncommon Reader, which can be consumed in a few spare hours. But readers expecting a work as brilliant and scathing as Bennett’s plays The History Boys (2004) and The Madness of King George (1991), or even his other short stories, should expect something completely different.
The author of the Tony Award winner The History Boys, Alan Bennett is one of Britain’s best-loved literary voices.With The Uncommon Reader, he brings us a playful homage to the written word, imagining a world in which literature becomes a subversive bridge between powerbrokers and commoners.By turns cheeky and charming, the novella features the Queen herself as its protagonist.
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.
