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The guide, a translation of outdated English executed by Chauncey Brewster Tinker and revealed in 1902, was checked out in January 1969, the library stated in a submit on Instagram this month.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 payment of 5 cents per day overdue. So now the superb could be virtually $1,000.
The borrower, Carol McIntyre, introduced it again to Sewickley when she returned to the realm for Thanksgiving. In 1969, she needed to learn “Beowulf” in highschool, however she was unable to seek out the guide when it was time to return it.
“I used to be going by a few of my books, and there it’s! I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh,’” Ms. Mcintyre advised Pittsburgh ABC affiliate WTAE-TV.
The library not has late charges and was pleased to have the guide again.
“As we have a good time our library’s enduring 150-year historical past, it’s actually unbelievable 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 guide repository within the state to obtain a quantity many years overdue lately.
Final month, a guide sale returned a duplicate of the nautical journey novel “The Cruise of the Esmeralda” to the Carbondale Public Library. That guide was virtually 120 years overdue, having been checked out in 1904.
