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The library book orlean review
The library book orlean review








the library book orlean review

Nascent feminism! Interestingly, women finally found their place in libraries because of Andrew Carnegie, whose patronage saw such a mushrooming of libraries that women had to be taken on as librarians. Of whom, one was asked to resign because it was in “everyone’s best interests to have a man run the library.” She refused and was supported by women of the city who took out a march on her behalf. Yet, surprisingly, the third librarian was a girl of only eighteen, and was also succeeded by women. Started in 1873, membership was five dollars a year and restricted to men children were not allowed, women could enter only the ‘Ladies Room’.

the library book orlean review

The history of the library is fascinating. The fire and the mystery of who/ what started it are but two strands of a skein with which the author has deftly embroidered a wonderful tapestry. The number of books lost was mind-boggling, the kind of books destroyed heart-breaking.

the library book orlean review

She begins dramatically with a fire that raged through the library for seven hours, devouring everything that came its way, leaving behind a soggy mass of burnt and half-burnt books. Very early on in the book, Susan Orlean says, “The library is a gathering pool of narratives, of the people who come to find them.”Īlmost immediately she establishes the Los Angeles Central Library as the hero of her story.










The library book orlean review