For a change, here are three books I've read recently that I liked a lot. They are all satisfying, well-crafted reads, and I'm going to keep them all, but I don't have vast amounts to say about them other than 'they're good'. Mary Stewart, Thornyhold Mary Stewart writes about magic so convincingly that there must … Continue reading Three good books
Category: Elizabeth Von Arnim
Violent objections to the outdoor life: Elizabeth von Arnim’s The Caravaners
The great English-Australian novelist Mary Annette Beauchamp lost her real name as soon as she married a Prussian count, and it became doubly lost when she had her first best-seller with her first novel, Elizabeth’s German Garden, in 1898. This was such a rocketing success that 'Elizabeth of the German Garden' was her name for all her … Continue reading Violent objections to the outdoor life: Elizabeth von Arnim’s The Caravaners
Rachel Ferguson’s Celebrated Sequels
I posted a blog on Rachel Ferguson's 1934 book of parodies, Celebrated Sequels, on Vulpes Libris. Those pilloried and adored by the superb writer of The Brontes Went to Woolworths include E F Benson, Elizabeth Von Arnim, H G Wells, Sinclair Lewis, Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch, Louisa M Alcott, Beverley Nichols and E … Continue reading Rachel Ferguson’s Celebrated Sequels
Kate Macdonald 