A duplicate of the medieval epic poem “Beowulf” was returned to the Sewickley Public Library in Pennsylvania lately, 54 years after it was checked out.
The e book, a translation of previous English accomplished by Chauncey Brewster Tinker and revealed in 1902, was checked out in January 1969, the library stated in a submit on Instagram this month.
The library famous that, on the time, it had a late charge of 5 cents per day overdue. So now the tremendous can be nearly $1,000.
The borrower, Carol McIntyre, introduced it again to Sewickley when she returned to the world for Thanksgiving. In 1969, she needed to learn “Beowulf” in highschool, however she was unable to search out the e book when it was time to return it.
“I used to be going via a few of my books, and there it’s! I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh,’” Ms. Mcintyre instructed Pittsburgh ABC affiliate WTAE-TV.
The library not has late charges and was completely satisfied to have the e book again.
“As we rejoice our library’s enduring 150-year historical past, it’s actually unimaginable to have part of it return throughout this celebratory 12 months so as to add to our library’s persevering with story,” the library wrote on Instagram.
The Sewickley library was not the one e book repository within the state to obtain a quantity a long time overdue lately.
Final month, a e book sale returned a duplicate of the nautical journey novel “The Cruise of the Esmeralda” to the Carbondale Public Library. That e book was nearly 120 years overdue, having been checked out in 1904.
