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20 de may. de 2024 · This novel was published in the 1950s and is like some of Frankau's novels, autobiographical. Pamela had had an affair with a poet, her heroine Caroline has an affair with a married doctor. The novel opens with Caroline taking part in a play and being much admired by audience and critics. She is beautiful and talented.
8 de may. de 2024 · On this impressive list, you will also find titles by Molly Keane (M. J. Farrell), Barbara Comyns, Pamela Frankau, Rebecca West, Penelope Mortimer, Dorothy Baker, Kay Boyle, and Stevie Smith. Over the years I have read but then prudently weeded several Viragos, not without regret.
24 de may. de 2024 · Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson. This was my first Persephone, and it remains a favourite. Set in London in the 1930s, Watson’s delightful book captures an extraordinary day in the life of Miss Guinevere Pettigrew, a rather timid, down-at-heel spinster who has fallen on hard times.
Hace 6 días · Daddy’s Gone A-Hunting revolves around Ruth Whiting, an unhappily married woman in her late thirties. Ruth and her unsympathetic, self-absorbed husband, Rex – a successful dentist to the privileged and wealthy – live in London’s commuter belt with their three children, Angela, Julian and Mike. But with Julian and Mike away at boarding ...
26 de may. de 2024 · Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill #ABookADayInMay Day 26. StuckinaBook All May 26, 2024 2010s, 2014, ACOB2024, Offill 8 Comments. I can’t remember who first recommended Dept. of Speculation (2014) to me, but it was on one of the posts where I talked about loving books told in fragments – specifically Kate Briggs’ This Little Art ...
Hace 4 días · Pamela Frankau was a British novelist who came from an artistic and literary family. Her father, Gilbert Frankau was a novelist also, but he left his wife and daughters at an early age and Pamela did not have a close relationship with him. She was educated at a boarding school and when she left school, she started writing, and had a lot of success.
26 de may. de 2024 · See more The Winged Horse by Pamela Frankau (Paperback,... Share | Add to Watchlist. BUY 3, GET 20% OFF See all eligible items and terms. Picture 1 of 2 ...
