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"Some people say life is the thing, but I prefer reading" - Logan Pearsall Smith
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
The Absentee - Maria Edgeworth
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In 1814 Jane Austen jokingly wrote to her niece, Anna, " I have made up my mind to like no Novels really, but Miss Edgeworth's, You...
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Sunday, August 28, 2011
Sunday poetry - Romantics
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This beautiful poem by Kathleen Raine (picture from here ) is not a conventional romantic poem to a lover. To My Mountain is about a love o...
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Saturday, August 27, 2011
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontё
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Jane Eyre is one of my favourite books. I've read it at least 20 times &, after seeing the latest movie adaptation last weekend, I ...
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Sunday, August 21, 2011
Sunday poetry - Encounters
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Today's Scottish love poem is one of the most famous poems by the most famous Scottish poet. Robert Burns (picture from here ) wrote som...
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Saturday, August 20, 2011
Settling in
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Well, 10 days after moving in, Phoebe & Lucky are relaxed & feeling more at home. I still haven't taken them outside & I...
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Thursday, August 18, 2011
Conference at Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
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Vintage are reprinting several novels by Stella Gibbons, author of one of my favourite books, Cold Comfort Farm . My copy of the sequel, Con...
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Stormy Petrel - Mary Stewart
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I bought several of the lovely new Mary Stewart reprints a few months ago. I think I read all of her books when I was a teenager but I'd...
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