What is the summary of Bookshop Memories (written by George Orwell) ?
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In the story Bookshop Memories the narrator George Orwell describes about some customers who did irritating behavior in the shop. He says there are some types of women who nuisance every where but they want a special treatment in a book shop.
In a bookshop there is various type of sidelines, stamps for collectors etc. Orwell says there are some library where there was some people with real tastes of books.
At last Orwell says he don't want to do job in a bookshop for full time.
Answer:Orwell describes the irritating behaviour of bookshop customers - first edition snobs, oriental students, vague minded women and "the kind of people who would be a nuisance anywhere but have special opportunities in a bookshop". The shop had various sidelines including typewriters, stamps for collectors, horoscopes and Christmas novelties (Orwell was particularly amused by an invoice for these that included the phrase "2 doz. Infant Jesus with rabbits"). However, the main sideline was the lending library, which to Orwell shed a new light on readers: "In a lending library you see people's real tastes, not their pretended ones."
In conclusion, Orwell says that he would not wish to be a bookseller full-time, mainly because it is a job that tends to give one a distaste for books.
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