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Dodo At Oxford
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by Oxgarth
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Truth be told, when a friend buys a book for me, I'm more-often-than-not thankful, but shamefully put the book on a pile, probably never to be read again. In this case, however, some good friends of mine, who understand my . . . erm . . . quirky taste in books, picked this up while they were visiting Oxford. They also knew that Oxford is one of my favorite cities in the world, and I've seen a few cities in my time. As a US Air Force brat during the Reagan/Thatcher years, I lived in Bedford, UK,...more
An excellent concept, a found book from a charity shop; a lost book. A diary about a pet Dodo kept by a student in the late 17th Century in Oxford.
There are lovely little details, of Oxford life, of kerning and ligatures in fonts and even speculation about the method Oxfam use to mark-up their second-hand books for sale.
I found the books unique format a little distracting. In the centre of the page are photographs of the "diary" and then a gloss of notes around the outer edge of the page. Eventu...more
There are lovely little details, of Oxford life, of kerning and ligatures in fonts and even speculation about the method Oxfam use to mark-up their second-hand books for sale.
I found the books unique format a little distracting. In the centre of the page are photographs of the "diary" and then a gloss of notes around the outer edge of the page. Eventu...more
5 stars for the concept; 3 stars for the actual thing.
Is it authentic? Almost certainly not, but this marvellous concoction is in many ways utterly believable. Giving a great flavor of student life at Oxford in the late 1600s, this little volume is also packed with subtle humor and amusing illustrations. I was completely entertained.
Fictional or not, this was a neat little book on Oxford's daily life and material culture in the late 17th century. It would be fun if the authors "found" the remaining volumes ...
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