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An Australian Fairy Tale
Lesley hates her name, and decides to change it at the first opportunity. The first opportunity comes when she gets a job as a Sales Assistant (Temporary) at FG Goode, Sydney’s most prestigious department store, and she transforms herself into Lisa – but still looks like a badly dressed, under-nourished child. Lisa, as we must…
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Sandwiches and Sphagnum Moss
I downloaded this from Girlebooks, who got it from Project Gutenberg. I’m still catching up on Early 20th Century Authors (I always was a bit of a slow-coach) so I’ve just read The War-Workers, by EM Delafield. Published in 1918, this was her second novel, written before she’d really honed her talents, and is not…
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The Solitary Summer in July
Well, it’s mid-way through July already, so I thought I’d take take a quick look at the month’s happenings in Elizabeth von Arnim’s wonderful The Solitary Summer, which has an unexpectedly serious note. In her first entry (for the first of the month), she waxes lyrical about sweet-peas, which are her favourite flowers, after roses.…
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A Crusader’s Penance for Killing his Wife
Today’s Saturday Snapshot is a romantic tragedy. Once upon a time in the dim and distant past, a brave and devout knight bid farewell to his beautiful wife and joined a Crusade to the Holy Land. While he was away fighting for his faith, his trusty steward importuned the lady (which makes him lusty rather…
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A Whirlwind Weekend in Paris
Weekend in Paris, by Robyn Sisman, may not be great literature, and it may be fluffy, but it is great fun, very enjoyable and, best of all, it’s about Paris! And therein lies its strength, because it really does conjure up the atmosphere of the city, leaving you with a kaleidoscope of images and impressions…
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