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CollectionsTBRS (143), Given away (28), Nantmor collection (144), Hong Kong collection (888), Edinburgh collection (206), Lost books (2), Your library (1,236), Currently reading (1), To read (296), Favorites (112), All collections (1,267)

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Tags19th century literature (237), Folio Society (174), History (162), Biography (115), Japan (112), Short stories (95), Dickensiana (59), Travel (59), Gissingiana (56), Scotland (56) — see all tags

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GroupsFolio Society devotees, Geeks who love the Classics, Japanese Literature, Victoriana, What the Dickens...?

Favorite authorsJames Boswell, Emily Brontë, Albert Camus, Anton Chekhov, Leonard Cohen, Joseph Conrad, Osamu Dazai, Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoevsky, George Eliot, Gustave Flaubert, George Gissing, Robin Jenkins, Yasunari Kawabata, Naguib Mahfouz, Gabriel García Márquez, Sōseki Natsume, Henry Roth, J. D. Salinger, Jean-Paul Sartre, W. G. Sebald, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Moritz Thomsen, Ivan Turgenev, Gao Xingjian, Émile Zola (Shared favorites)

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Member sinceDec 12, 2006

Currently readingWith Gissing In Italy: Memoirs Of Brian Boru Dunne by Brian Boru Dunne

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After Hannibal by Barry Unsworth

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A Reader's Guide to Charles Dickens by Philip Hobsbaum

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Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

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A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891-1924 by Orlando Figes

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The Third Reich: A New History by Michael Burleigh

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The Last Chance by Jean-Paul Sartre

Hi
I notice that we share a lot of interests in common, especially Dickens and Victorian literature. Your collection of Dickensiana is very impressive, and I am intrigued by several of your recent additions, notably the Forster biography and the miscellaneous papers.
Nice picture of your library too!
Murr.

posted by tomcatMurr at 4:36 am (EST) on Aug 25, 2008

Hello, I'd like to invite you to check out LibraryThing Local Hong Kong. I've posted a number of bookstore, library and event venues and would love for more local members to add their favourite book-related spaces or upcoming events. Any favourites you'd like to add or comment on? Regards, Christine.

posted by betterthanchocolate at 8:57 pm (EST) on Apr 25, 2008

The Beautiful Plants of Seychelles

Looked up this book on Amazon.com - a single copy available at $178! Looking at the books we share it seems surprising that most of it is literature. I will look up some of your plant exploration titles - just hope that they do not come with the same extravagant price tags!

Gerald

posted by botanica at 6:27 am (EST) on Sep 16, 2007

Gosh, I wish my covers were as up to date as yours! We have a respectable number of titles in common, but obviously I was looking for your books on plants and gardens. Have you seen the little government booklets that I have on Hong Kong trees?

posted by botanica at 2:30 pm (EST) on Sep 14, 2007