In its preface, the book by Daniel Pennac called Comme un roman (Paris: Editions Gallimard/Folio, 1992), begs its reader not to use the book as an "instrument de torture pedagogique." Pennac enumerates 10 Inalienable Rights of the Reader:
The right to not read,
The right to skip pages,
The right to not finish a book,
The right to reread,
The right to read anything,
The right to "Bovary-ism," a textually-transmitted disease,
The right to read anywhere,
The right to sample and steal ("grappiller")
The right to read out-loud, and,
The right to be silent.