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An edition of Notes from a small island (1995)

Notes from a Small Island

  • 3.8 (14 ratings) ·
  • 90 Want to read
  • 5 Currently reading
  • 15 Have read

Before New York Times bestselling author Bill Bryson wrote The Road to Little Dribbling, he took this delightfully irreverent jaunt around the unparalleled floating nation of Great Britain, which has produced zebra crossings, Shakespeare, Twiggie Winkie’s Farm, and places with names like Farleigh Wallop and Titsey.

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HarperPerrenial
Language
English
Pages
324

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1996, Black Swan
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Notes From a Small Island
1996, Black Swan
in English

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First Sentence

"There are certain idiosyncratic notions that you quietly come to accept when you live for a long time in Britain."

Classifications

Library of Congress
DA566.4.B79 1996

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Format
Paperback
Number of pages
324

ID Numbers

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OL33227633M
Internet Archive
notesfromsmallis00bill
ISBN 13
9780380727506

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Work Description

After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson took the decision to move Mrs Bryson, little Jimmy et al. back to the States for a while. But before leaving his much-loved Yorkshire, Bryson insisted on taking one last trip around old Blighty, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly island that had for so long been his home. The resulting book was a eulogy to the country that produced Marmite, George Formby, by-elections, milky tea, place names like Farleigh Wallop, Titsey and Shellow Bowells, Gardeners' Question Time and people who say 'Mustn't grumble.' Britain would never seem the same again. Since it was first published in 1995, Notes from a Small Island has never been far from the top of the bestsellers lists, and has sold over one and a half million copies.

Bill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951. He settled in England in 1977, and lived for many years with his English wife and four children in North Yorkshire. He and his family now live in the United States.

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