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'Has anyone ever given you a sideways glance after learning you listen to audiobooks? If you've picked up on a sense of literary snobbery around reading with your ears, you're far from alone.
"There's sort of a particular form of shame associated with audiobooks; it's all too often perceived as not being real reading," says Matthew Rubery, professor of Modern Literature at Queen Mary University, London.'
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Audiobooks Centuries Old Show There's Nothing To Be Snobbish About
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