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It's a love not just of books but of words too. There is a marvellous piece about the love of long or unusual words - The Joy of Sesquipedalians. It was bred in her though:

Wonderful. The essay's an excellent illustration not just of how words have gone out of fashion but also of the way that language develops. After all, computers have spawned a whole new vocabulary which wasn't even dreamt of twenty years ago.

I've just given you a taste of what's in the book. There isn't a common theme other than that books are always there and the subjects are wide-ranging. It might only be 132 pages of text but it will make you laugh, sigh and think. There isn't a wasted word and it's worth reading for the way that it's written if nothing else. I read it in about two hours. As I thought they were going to be two wasted, uncomfortable hours I was doubly-blessed.

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