Tag: 1930s novel

• Wild Strawberries – Sweet as Saccharine…

  The Leslies, who star in Angela Thirkell’s Wild Strawberries, lead a charmed life in their beautiful ancestral home, cared for by faithful servants, and looked up to by local villagers. There is no shortage of cash, no nastiness, no rain, and everything is bathed in a golden glow. It’s all as sweet as saccharine and…

  chrisharding53

  September 7, 2013

  1930s novel, Angela Thirkell, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post

• Falling Leaves in High Rising!

  Falling leaves… A cover – and some pages! I’d never heard of Angela Thirkell until I read a post by Claire at The Captive Reader, who is a great enthusiast and has written about her on several occasions. Since Claire seems to enjoy many of my own favourite novels, I find I usually like her…

  chrisharding53

  November 9, 2012

  1930s novel, Angela Thirkell, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Vintage Penguin

• Good Morning, Midnight

  I stayed there, staring at myself in the glass. What do I want to cry about? … On the contrary, it’s when I am quite sane this like this, when I have had a couple of extra drinks and am quite sane, that I realise how lucky I am. Saved, rescued, fished-up, half-drowned, out of…

  chrisharding53

  November 7, 2012

  1930s novel, Good Morning Midnight, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Jean Rhys