The Book Trunk

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  • Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf – Not Me!

    Having spent more than 30 years avoiding Virginia Woolf (I read her as a teenager, but failed to understand her writing, and consequently didn’t like it at all) I approached Mrs Dalloway with trepidation, but I needn’t have worried – I… Continue reading

  • 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… Continue reading

  • 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… Continue reading

  • 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… Continue reading

  • Farewell Victoria

    My vintage Penguin waspublished in 1945, and hasa dancing Penguin logo,used for a short period. Farewell Victoria, by TH White is a paean to bygone era and must, I think, have been something of a curiosity, even when it was first… Continue reading