tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post1409827428047021444..comments2024-03-29T11:36:25.050+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: Dress Down Sunday: Childhood in the Good Old DaysClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-39467566479326716012017-04-16T13:17:09.436+01:002017-04-16T13:17:09.436+01:00Anyone who is interested in Dorothy L Sayers will ...Anyone who is interested in Dorothy L Sayers will like Such a Strange Lady.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-30585976450148449072017-04-16T06:28:49.036+01:002017-04-16T06:28:49.036+01:00I think I will avoid this one also. Such a Strange...I think I will avoid this one also. Such a Strange Lady does sound interesting.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-44509179247814007972017-04-13T13:04:16.416+01:002017-04-13T13:04:16.416+01:00Yes, not going to be your thing really.Yes, not going to be your thing really.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-3207278499234083622017-04-13T13:04:03.057+01:002017-04-13T13:04:03.057+01:00I suppose she was before her time - nowadays biogr...I suppose she was before her time - nowadays biographers quite often intrude into their books, but I would say it was pretty rare when Strange Lady was published. And although it isn't very rigorous, I think it does give you a feel for Sayers and her character, I do trust many of her comments. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-58765711247026317582017-04-13T13:02:07.971+01:002017-04-13T13:02:07.971+01:00Thanks Sara, and glad to find another fan of Stran...Thanks Sara, and glad to find another fan of Strange Lady - the two books really do illuminate each other in an unexpected way. I think you would find a lot of interest in King of the Barbareens.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-68667065297660695332017-04-13T13:01:30.679+01:002017-04-13T13:01:30.679+01:00That's exactly right Margot - you have to be ...That's exactly right Margot - you have to be strong when reading it. And we do need to know about these things: just in small doses and at the right time. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-25169088677238038392017-04-13T05:12:24.662+01:002017-04-13T05:12:24.662+01:00Another one to avoid thanks.Another one to avoid thanks.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-27566907773819213302017-04-10T21:43:05.124+01:002017-04-10T21:43:05.124+01:00That does sound such a bleakly horrifying book! Wh...That does sound such a bleakly horrifying book! When I was a teenager I would have nightmares which weren't scary in the normal sense, but instead were filled with greyness and despair. How awful that she had to live that life for real.<br /><br />The Sayers biography always struck me as pretty peculiar. She doesn't seem to have done any interviews or any deep research, and the final book is more like her opinions on Sayers than an actual biography, and Hitchman is never really absent from the book. It's like she's always there in the background. Dickson Carr's biography of Conan Doyle is better researched, but that also has that sense of the biographer refusing to allow themselves to fade from view.<br /><br />ggaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-38183064705167947512017-04-09T15:07:21.679+01:002017-04-09T15:07:21.679+01:00Oh, will have to read this now! I have read the St...Oh, will have to read this now! I have read the Strange bio several times as well (have a tatty falling-to-bits paperback) and that gives this more resonance but have also been thinking of the figure of the orphan in light of the new television adaptation of the Anne of Green Gables books. I always learn such interesting things when I pop by here, Moira!Sara O'Learyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12072523590967285445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-9424416704308199172017-04-09T12:37:46.770+01:002017-04-09T12:37:46.770+01:00Oh, that does sound like such a sad book, Moira! A...Oh, that does sound like such a sad book, Moira! And no matter how brilliant the writing or realistic the depiction, it's hard to read such a terribly sad story! Still, I'm glad you featured it. It does sound as though it is very well-written, and I do like learning about what life was like at different times. I'll just have to choose the time carefully if I do read it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com