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12 de may. de 2024 · Almost a decade younger than Virginia Woolf, nine years younger than Elizabeth Bowen, and closest in age to Rebecca West and Vera Brittain and Brittain’s good friend, Winifred Holtby, Margaret Jameson (Storm was a name taken for literary reasons) was well-known when she was alive because she seemed to be everywhere, active in all ...
Hace 5 días · The Land of Green Ginger by Winifred Holtby (6) is about a missionary’s daughter who is born in South Africa but comes to England to be raised by her aunts in a small rural community in Yorkshire. I’ve read nearly all of Holtby’s novels now and this is probably my least favourite, but it still explores some interesting topics.
14 de may. de 2024 · In South Riding by contemporary Winifred Holtby, a man fitting out a country pub in the 1930s provides a large number of spitoons. In Sunset House, a man is wondering what to do with the end of his cheroot.
Hace 4 días · Examining a wider set of fictional works set in Weimar Germany by authors such as John Buchan, Robert McAlmon and Winifried Holtby, Storer sees these representations as a ‘prism’ through which to view contemporary attitudes towards Germany and its citizens.
19 de may. de 2024 · The Crowded Street by Winifred Holtby. Written in 1924 and set both pre and post the first world war, this is a tricky and at times depressing book. It really pinpoints a specific moment in time, when women were still being told to be and act a certain way and were incredibly tied to family, unless they could find a husband.
24 de may. de 2024 · Paris in July 2024. And here's another reading challenge, one that I'm keen to try. Paris in July is hosted by Emma at Words and Peace . Emma says, 'During this month, our goal is to embrace and honor our French encounters by immersing ourselves in various activities, like reading, watching, listening, observing, cooking, and indulging in all ...
Hace 6 días · Between Friends: Letters of Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby By Elaine and English Showalter (edd) LR Stephen Romer Time Well Spent Living and Dying with Marcel Proust By Christopher Prendergast History Dorian Lynskey Something Changed Faster Than a Cannonball: 1995 and All That By Dylan Jones
