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   Emma the Curious 🧐 (unconventionalemma@spore.social)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Apr-2024 01:37:36 JST Emma the Curious 🧐

   Ok, Mastodon - I have a question I need help with.

   What are some classic stories (novels, poems, anything really) set in libraries, or about books? 📚

   Is there anything really famous?

   Please RT to boost my reach!

   Thanking you kindly.

   #books #bookstodon

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     movation (movation@fnordon.de)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Apr-2024 04:43:45 JST movation

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     @UnconventionalEmma oh, and The Neverending Story by Michael Ende, It's based on a boy who gets sucked into the story of the book he is reading (actually, the first few paragraphs are about a bookstore...)

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     movation (movation@fnordon.de)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Apr-2024 04:43:47 JST movation

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     @UnconventionalEmma how do you define 'classic' ?

     off the top of my head
     - the Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco
     - The Library at Babel, Jorge Luis Borges (actually the Eco is inspired by the Borges)

     - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

     - Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury (about books, kind of)

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     Rob van Kan (edgeofeurope@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Apr-2024 04:45:02 JST Rob van Kan

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     @UnconventionalEmma Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose has a monastery's library and scriptorium at the center of the story. And it's very famous, having been made into a big Hollywood movie and all.

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     Bø!rge (forteller@tutoteket.no)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 04:35:40 JST Bø!rge

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     @UnconventionalEmma Well, There's Fahrenheit 451, which is about books. Not sure that's the kind of thing you're looking for, and you obviously know about it, but...