tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post7711878355165466352..comments2024-03-28T20:46:22.875+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: Northbridge Rectory by Angela ThirkellClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-43141730525849348782014-09-23T08:42:05.213+01:002014-09-23T08:42:05.213+01:00Well that made me laugh. What a stylish pair - we ...Well that made me laugh. What a stylish pair - we can only aspire to such flair.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-12230102725291834922014-09-23T05:02:09.421+01:002014-09-23T05:02:09.421+01:00Lovely photo, the Posh and Becks of the day? Not o...Lovely photo, the Posh and Becks of the day? Not one for me thanks.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-12258049266969291152014-08-24T09:17:04.853+01:002014-08-24T09:17:04.853+01:00I think that's a good call Tracy - the Gibbons...I think that's a good call Tracy - the Gibbons is a much better novel. I have a secret soft spot for Angela Thirkell (even though I criticize her), but I don't think she's to everyone's taste.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-16186486440002193882014-08-24T09:16:12.194+01:002014-08-24T09:16:12.194+01:00Virago used to do some of her books, and I think I...Virago used to do some of her books, and I think I read one years ago - but also, she wrote columns for the New Yorker about life in London, didn't she? The wartime ones would make for fascinating reading I imagine.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-48528939942668036662014-08-24T05:48:17.799+01:002014-08-24T05:48:17.799+01:00This one sounds very unappealing, even though I li...This one sounds very unappealing, even though I like books set during or around World War II. I think I would go with Stella Gibbons’ novel Westwood... if I have time or inclination to move away from mysteries.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-9972862480018924002014-08-23T23:04:23.267+01:002014-08-23T23:04:23.267+01:00Mollie Pinter - Downes wrote wonderfully well abou...Mollie Pinter - Downes wrote wonderfully well about the Home Front too.GCWilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11605214497568484171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-56289190201446281682014-08-22T13:21:43.384+01:002014-08-22T13:21:43.384+01:00It's the contemporary detail that makes it a w...It's the contemporary detail that makes it a winner for me, Margot. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-19615592845031687192014-08-22T12:59:01.064+01:002014-08-22T12:59:01.064+01:00Moira - It's interesting to see how authors ta...Moira - It's interesting to see how authors take a look at their own era isn't it? There's such a fine line between good-natured and mean-spirited, too... Still, this does sound like one of those novels that gives you a really interesting look at everyday life at that time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-63359033549376132242014-08-22T12:47:26.034+01:002014-08-22T12:47:26.034+01:00I read one years ago, but someone has just lent me...I read one years ago, but someone has just lent me one. Same problem presumably?Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-31510572630025074772014-08-22T12:46:53.638+01:002014-08-22T12:46:53.638+01:00When reading older books, it's sometimes hard ...When reading older books, it's sometimes hard to tell what is meant to be bad taste and what is good. Victoriana was very looked down on at one point, and then it comes back, and then it's out again. I know this is a truism, but authors should beware of being too judgmental...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-42892109458788726222014-08-22T12:24:44.248+01:002014-08-22T12:24:44.248+01:00Interesting how those tropes of arty good taste ar...Interesting how those tropes of arty good taste are still with us, too.Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-74319013128326130752014-08-22T12:22:41.355+01:002014-08-22T12:22:41.355+01:00"the usual woman of great humour and self-dep..."the usual woman of great humour and self-deprecation but terribly attractive to everyone" - oh, how I loathe those! Ever read Ann Bridge?Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.com