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After approximately 84 years, several generations, a world war and a viral pandemic, a rented book is back in a bookstore where it originally belonged. This fact occurred in the United Kingdom recently.
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During a routine cleaning at his mother's house last year, Paddy Riordan ended up finding the book “Red Deer”, by Richard Jefferies, which had been rented. In Paddy's opinion, the book was too good to throw away, so he decided to go to the bookstore to return the found item. He just didn't count that this decision would bring consequences, after 30,695 days of delay for the return.
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Understand how this unusual situation occurred
Paddy Riordan, after finding this copy, decided to travel to the city of Coventry, in England, to finally return the book that had been rented at the Library Community Community Earlsdon Carnegie.
Having worked for a well-known London bank for years, Paddy is a savant when it comes to numbers. Not content with just returning the object that was grossly late, he also wanted to make an Excel spreadsheet in order to calculate how much he owed for the late fee.
Luckily for this man, the late fee was only a penny a day, which was charged at the time the book was rented. Thus, the total amount of the fine was £18.27, which, when converted into real, would be approximately R$103.
“Saw one or two people who discovered that with Therate current fines, if Iwerepayingatrate current, should to be over £7,000 that I would be paying“, joked Riordan. "So maybe I need to be careful not to visit Coventry for a few years."
Repercussion of the episode in the United Kingdom
Paddy Riordan said he didn't expect his story to resonate across the UK. For him, when he got back home, he would just tell the story to some friends who would laugh at the situation and that would be the end of the episode. However, Paddy's story caught the attention of several media outlets, including the well-known BBC in London.
It wasn't Paddy who rented the book
He believes the overdue book was rented by his mother, Anne, when she was just six years old, in 1938. The only question on Paddy's mind is why his grandfather never returned the book to the library.
“I don't know why my grandfather didn't return the book, but in 1940, during a night from the blitz, Thefamily it lost The home,” he recounted during an interview. "But, somehow, usrubble clearly found the book, which remained asbelongs to the family ever since,” she finished.
Furthermore, the man claims that he doesn't know much about the history of the book itself.
"They me they asked when i returned the book I he had readIt isII had what to confess that no“, he said, laughing. “And I suddenly thought maybe I should ask them if could renew the loan so that I could really read the book,” continues Paddy. “I don't think they necessarily would look for me with something else whatnowereoneempty astonishment”, added the man.
Publication by the Library Coordinator
After making a publication on her Facebook about the case, Lucy Winter, the library's community engagement coordinator, claimed to have been surprised by the virality of the post. "Here's something you don't see every day... a copy of Red Deer by Richard Jefferies has been returned to us - just 84 years and two weeks late!"
“Paddy Riordan gave us back Obookfrom thecollection of your grandmotherIt iskindlydonated The traffic ticket calculated àrate in 1 cent per week, totalizing £18.27 in today's money," she continued. “You can see Thephotography of Paddy's grandfather, Captain William Harrison in theimages below.How wonderful that O book has finally arrived home!“, concluded the coordinator in the post.
She also revealed that, in addition to being the longest-delayed return in the history of the library, this is also the oldest book in their collection.
“He survived onewar world and Coventry was absolutely, you know, he was bombed duringThe World War II,” recalled Winter during an interview. “So yeah, it's lucky to have survived”, highlights the coordinator. “And yes, how you said, is inone shelf 84 years ago, no it happenedbyhands of hundreds of people, so it's in conditionsnotablygood“, concluded Lucy Winter.
