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Visiting a second hand shop and coming back with 17 books

Well, these things happens. I had collected some clothes from my wardrobe to give to a second hand shop. While there, and since you get a voucher for a coffee and a cinnamon bun if you give things away, I did look around the shop. They have recently moved to a bigger place, and they had decorated the shop in a very nice way. I did take a tour around the whole place before entering the book section.



I really did not intend to buy anything special, but while looking through the books I discovered so many books I wanted to read, so I just had to buy them. Maybe because I started with the section of old books, classics in other words. There I collected the first five books.


Arsène Lupin by Maurice Leblanc

The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo

The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope

The Courier of the Tsar by Jules Verne

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy


Next I found two travel guides from the Lonely Planet. One for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and one by Hungary. Always good to have in our camper van when the roads lead us to these places.


I think I have mentioned that I am reading through all Agatha Christie books. What happened when I came to the section with English books? I found seven books by her. The temptation was too much, so down they went into the basket.


The Seven Dials Mystery

The Listerdale Mystery

Appointment With Death

N or M?

Destination Unknown

The Clocks

At Bertram's Hotel


They are perfect to bring with me in the van. Once read, I can leave them at the book shelves of the camping. Always nice to give some enjoyment to other readers.


The last three are random books. The first one was a nice coincidence as well. I am reading a biography of August Strindberg. Once of his most famous books, a sort of memoirs was The Defence of a Fool. It was first published in French, Le Plaidoyer d'un fou and then translated into Swedish. I could not believe my eye when I discovered it. Not so available these days. Another one was a Swedish book by Gunnar Fredriksson 20 filosofer (20 philosophers). I want to read more philosophical authors so also a suitable find. The last one was a thriller and what attracted me from the beginning was the title: The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl. Sounds literary enough for me. Have you read it?


I think, in principle, all of them will go to a new owner once I have read them. They will therefor not take up a lot of space in my book cases.



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Marianne Maurer
Marianne Maurer
2023年6月06日

So many books, that's brilliant.

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thecontentreader
thecontentreader
2023年6月06日
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Yes, unbelievable. Could not believe my luck in finding so many books I wanted to read. I tend to look for older books which are not often available today.

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ゲスト
2023年5月14日

Good selection, well done!

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thecontentreader
thecontentreader
2023年6月06日
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Thank you, I was quite pleased.

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ゲスト
2023年5月14日

Nice haul! I have not read The Dante Club, though it's been on my radar. But I have read a bunch of your list, especially among the first titles listed. The most intriguing is The Scarlet Pimpernel, in the sense that it feels it's one of these rare French Revolution novels where the nobles are the good guys. At least that's how it appeared to me. I loved the book. They say the rest of the series is not as good, so I didn't read the others Emma @ Words And Peace

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thecontentreader
thecontentreader
2023年6月06日
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I had never hear of The Dante Club before, but it seems like a story I would like. I loved watching The Scarlet Pimpernel with Anthony Andrews (the tv-series), but have never read the book before. Should be interesting.

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ゲスト
2023年5月02日

Oh dear, you sound like me! Well done with the Christie collection. I'd love to read the Lupin -- and I've never read Scarlet Pimpernel. I confess, I did similar last weekend. I went to an estate sale and ended up with five. And I could have bought more but I wondered if and when I'd read them all! Three of mine were royal bios and one a bio of Winston Churchill by Vilet Bonham Carter, so more personal than historic. And Devil in the White City because I love Erik Larson's writing and never read this one! ~ jeanie

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thecontentreader
thecontentreader
2023年5月08日
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Jeanie, the danger of going to these places where books are so cheap. You seemed to have found a few goodies as well. Erik Larson has been on my reading list for a long time, and I just don't know why I don't get around to read him. You hear so much good of him.

I will try the AC collection, or some of them in Amsterdam. They are so small so you can keep one in your handbag, which always comes in handy.

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Debbie Nance
Debbie Nance
2023年5月02日

Who could resist these tempting books?

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thecontentreader
thecontentreader
2023年5月08日
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Debbie, not me at least. LOL!


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