The Last Bookaneer - Matthew Pearl - English
London, 1890—Pen Davenport is the most infamous bookaneer in Europe. A master of disguise, he makes his living stalking harbors, coffeehouses, and print shops for the latest manuscript to steal. But this golden age of publishing is on the verge of collapse. For a hundred years, loose copyright laws and a hungry reading public created a unique opportunity: books could easily be published without an author’s permission. Authors gained fame but suffered financially—Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson, to name a few—but publishers reaped enormous profits while readers bought books inexpensively. Yet on the eve of the twentieth century, a new international treaty is signed to grind this literary underground to a sharp halt. The bookaneers are on the verge of extinction.Thankyou Thank you for sharing with us. Thank you…(´)(｀.)SOOOOO---＼(´∀｀.)／---MUCH!! Thanks for sharing ! ☠️ ɓuıɹɐɥs ɹoɟ sʞuɐɥ⊥ ️☠️ No comments tks Awesome!! Thanks a lot!
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