Project Gutenberg 1996-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 357 Field, Eugene 1850 1895 The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac My first love -- The birth of a new passion -- The luxury of reading in bed -- The mania of collecting seizes me -- Baldness and intellectuality -- My romance with Fiammetta -- The delights of fender-fishing -- Ballads and their makers -- Booksellers and printers, old and new -- When Fanchonette bewitched me -- Diagnosis of the Bacillus Librorum -- The pleasures of extra-illustration -- On the odors which my books exhale -- Elzevirs and divers other matters -- A book that brings solace and cheer -- The malady called Catalogitis -- The Napoleonic Renaissance -- My workshop and others -- Our debt to monkish men. Produced by Charles Keller "The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac" by Eugene Field is a collection of autobiographical essays written during the late 19th century. This work showcases Field's passion for book collecting, exploring both the joys and the quirks that come with bibliomania. The narrative is framed around the experiences of the main character, an avid book lover, who reflects on his life, the books he cherishes, and the significant moments intertwined with his literary pursuits. At the start of the book, the author introduces a humorous and introspective character steeped in nostalgia and affection for his earliest encounters with books. He recalls the charm of finding love in the pages of an old "New England Primer" and his literary journey through childhood. The opening portion also shares the author's affection for notable figures from his past, like Captivity Waite, and sets an overall tone of playful reverie. As he examines his relationships with various books, the character's reflections shed light on the transformative power of literature and its enduring place in one's life, blending humor with heartfelt sentiment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 58.4 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Book collecting Z PS Text Bibliomania Category: Humour Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: American Literature 260546 2025-08-01T05:28:11.512119 text/html 250343 2021-01-01T08:40:55 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 98023 2021-01-01T08:40:55 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 177591 2025-08-01T05:28:18.184080 application/epub+zip 181485 2025-08-01T05:28:14.425098 application/epub+zip 175897 2025-08-01T05:28:13.240105 application/epub+zip 303291 2025-08-01T05:28:20.869068 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 295313 2025-08-01T05:28:17.458107 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 268281 2022-09-01T05:53:03.745902 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 237818 2025-08-01T05:28:11.052157 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 237628 2021-01-01T08:40:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 96179 2021-01-01T08:40:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19458 2025-08-01T05:28:21.010063 application/rdf+xml 11524 2025-08-01T05:28:13.815121 image/jpeg 2841 2025-08-01T05:28:13.561107 image/jpeg 173704 2025-08-01T05:28:11.534141 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia