New Grub Street and the British Museum?📚🕮📰🗞

"One location portrayed at length in New Grub Street is the magnificent British Museum Reading Room. It is here that Reardon and Biffen do much of their research and where Reardon meets Amy’s cousin, Marian Yule. The Reading Room remains in its original form but many of its key research functions have now moved to the British Library ..."

Having just read Gissing's novel 'New Grub Street' I was amused at the mentions of the British Museum Reading Room, especially with all the bad press that the museum is getting over stolen objects housed there.

New Grub Street and 1000 Other Books You Must Read Before You Die?📚🐰

“That of the British Museum Reading-room,’ explained Jasper; ‘known to some of us as the valley of the shadow of books. People who often work there necessarily get to know each other by sight. In the same way I knew Miss Yule’s father when I happened to pass him in the road yesterday.” ― George Gissing, New Grub Street

RUNE SOUP REVIEW: SHAKESPEARE –
STAGING THE WORLD AT
THE BRITISH MUSEUM

I've never been outside of Australia, apart from a 1977 trip to the north island of New Zealand, but I remember reading a lot of old 'Rune Soup' posts where Gordon White wrote fondly of spending time in the British Museum (like the 'Rune Soup' post above), which seems rather amusing to me in recent times reading anti-colonial rants by Gordo at Rune Soup.

I'd give the BM a visit if I ever make it to London in this lifetime.

All the world's a stage ... a library and a museum I guess?-)

1001 Books I Must Read Before I Die ... Including the Banned Ones?📚📖🚫

My next book to read (or listen to) in chronological order from my '1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die' book is William Morris' book 'News from Nowhere'.

Sounds like another fairy story to me.

Ironically, Chapter 8 of 'News from Nowhere' mentions the British Museum:-)

Animal's People by Indra Sinha

Animal's People: The Last Book You Must Read Before You Die?📚📖