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Indlæser... Three Houses (1931)af Angela Thirkell
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. This memoir of early childhood was published before Angela Thirkell had established herself as a popular novelist. It was an entertaining read, with its nostalgia for carefree days of exploring her grandparents' sprawling, oddly composed house with her siblings and cousins. Thirkell's grandfather was the pre-Raphaelite artist, Edward Burne-Jones, who collaborated with William Morris on stained glass windows, as well as making a name for himself as a painter. As a child, Angela was sometimes allowed to sit in her grandfather's studio while he worked. She was also related through her mother to Stanley Baldwin and to Rudyard Kipling, whose daughter Josephine was her best friend during brief happy holiday intervals at North End House and The Elms, before Josephine tragically died at a very young age. As with most memoirs, it is hard to imagine remembering so much of one's childhood, or that so many marvelous and memorable things could have happened in such a short time. But it is delightful to surrender to the author's tales, just as she and her contemporaries did to "Uncle Ruddy's" renditions of his "Just So Stories". ( )
A sweet but not saccharine recollection of a happy Victorian childhood in England, replete with stern nannies, sausage breakfasts, loving parents, and indulgent grandparents.
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As heard on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week 'There is always in our minds the hope that we may find again those golden unhastening days and wake up and dream' In this beautifully nostalgic memoir, eminent author Angela Thirkell recalls in rich detail the three houses in which she grew up. Focusing first on 'The Grange', where her grandfather, the celebrated painter Sir Edward Burne-Jones, set the cultivated tone, Thirkell also reminisces about her parents' home in Kensington Square and the Burne-Jones' seaside retreat, where Angela's cousin, Rudyard Kipling, lived across the green. A tale of forbidden explorations, Punch and Judy shows, and adventures in the garden, Three Houses is beautifully evocative of the innocent quality of childhood. From the busy literary centre of London to the English coast, this stunning memoir is both reminiscent of the golden days of youth and an interesting vision of a writer and the early influences that informed her later work. No library descriptions found. |
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