Today's question: Work multiples. Do you own multiple copies of any books? Which ones? Why? Can you share your list?
I haven't put my complete library on LT yet, so I'm just going to list the ones I remember:
♥ Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Douglas Adams
- hardcover, Harmony Books
- mass market paperback, Del Rey
♥ So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, Douglas Adams
- hardcover, Harmony Books
- mass market paperback, Del Rey
♥ The Neverending Story, Michael Ende
- hardcover, Dutton
- mass market paperback, Puffin
♥ Boy Meets Boy, David Levithan
- hardcover, Harper Collins
- B-format, Bloomsbury
♥ A Wrinkle In Time, Madeleine L'Engle
- paperback, Yearling
- paperback, Yearling (re-issue)
♥ A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Madeleine L'Engle
- hardcover, Farrar, Straus, Giroux
- paperback, Doubleday
- paperback, Yearling
♥ Many Waters, Madeleine L'Engle
- hardcover, Farrar, Straus, Giroux
- paperback, Doubleday
♥ The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis
- B-format, Harper Collins
- mass market paperback, Harper Collins
♥ The Awakening, L.J. Smith
- mass market paperback, Harper Collins
- paperback, Harper Collins (reissue)
♥ The Struggle, L.J. Smith
- mass market paperback, Hodder
- paperback, Harper Collins (reissue)
I was reminded of multiple copies in other languages!
♥ Kitchen, Yoshimoto Banana
- hardcover, Japanese
- paperback, English
♥ Goodbye Tsugumi, Yoshimoto Banana
- hardcover, Japanese ("Tsugumi")
- mass market paperback, English
♥ Norwegian Wood, Murakami Haruki
- hardcovers, 2 volumes, Japanese ("Norway no Mori")
- B-format, English (I think I may have lost this volume actually...)
♥ Hikaru no Go manga by Takeshi Obata & Hotta Yumi
- volume 5, in Chinese and Japanese
- volume 6, in Chinese and Japanese
♥ BECK manga by Harold Sakuishi
- volume 32 (duplicate copies)
When it comes to the Austens and Brontes, I really can't keep track of how many copies I have. And there are probably more than this, but these are the ones that I'm actually aware of. :/
Tuesday Thingers: Multiple Copies
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Duplicates? Yes. Lots of them. But now I've started buying them in foreign languages that I can't speak. I have Jane Eyre in Icelandic and Italian. Mad or what?
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I would love to read Austen in Italian - I used to study Italian and tried to watch subtitled films and listen to italian music (inc. opera) to try and improve my italian speaking!
laura - hmm... I actually have some multiple copies in other languages, too! I forgot about them... I'll include them now! :D
hannah - When I really like a book I want to read them in other languages as well. Unfortunately I only speak Malay and Japanese (other than English), and most books I love weren't translated in Malay, while my Japanese isn't good enough to read works that are too literary. (I still try, though!)
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