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Old 12-22-2014, 03:04 PM   #38
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"The contents of someone's bookcase are part of his history, like an ancestral portrait."

-Anatole Broyard
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For some people that's true. But for some others, the contents of one's bookcase may be one or more of the following:
  • Aspirational
  • Reflective of gifts that others think the recipient should own or read
  • Reflective of whomever the owner might have inherited the books from - which, I guess, fits somewhat with the quotation
  • Mere window dressing (as reflected in The Sopranos scene wherein shallow, image-conscious Carmela Soprano tells her lover, Robert Wegler, that a book he's given her will look good on her shelf)

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The deleted image of Carmela peering into the window of Furio's empty house - taken from yet another Sopranos episode ["Eloise” (Season 4, Episode 12; airdate 12/1/2002)] - is visible here.

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