My name is Emma and I started working for the ABC The Hague/Leidschendam stores in 2021. Before that, I studied English Literature at Leiden University. I specialized in nineteenth/twentieth-century fantasy and children’s literature, but also enjoyed a course on the folklore of plants in medieval manuscripts. As a buyer for the Nature and Kids section I am happy I get to work with these themes again! In my spare time I like drawing, flute playing, cooking and watching comedy shows and reading books, of course! I mainly like reading cozy fantasy, books on folklore and nature.
In Doubt: Date Mr. Darcy
It is almost Valentine’s Day! Need some 19th century dating advice? “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife,” Jane Austen taught us in her masterwork, Pride and Prejudice. Yes, in Ms. Austen’s time, the [...]
