tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post2005593522556647266..comments2024-03-28T09:33:29.705+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony TrollopeClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-49337752682301232192013-10-27T18:17:30.108+00:002013-10-27T18:17:30.108+00:00We all think we should read more Trollope - perhap...We all think we should read more Trollope - perhaps he's the man for retirement days. I love this picture, I wish there were more details about it: but there was just a rough date and the place....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-54970197228894550992013-10-27T14:30:12.456+00:002013-10-27T14:30:12.456+00:00I need to spend more time on Trollope. When I was...I need to spend more time on Trollope. When I was younger and had time for luxuries like reading... I ploughed through most of Dickens, but didn't discover the "lesser" Victorians until much later. Mrs. Gaskill is another author worth reading for her settings and costumes as much as for her plots. Mrs. Greenow would, of course, have been wearing a bonnet that sat back on her head and tied under the chin. The photograph is from the early 1900's. Milliners had to be skillful to make those hats stiff enough to stand up to wind and movement while getting them balanced and light enough to wear. Even then, the lady needed long hair wound into a solid mass for those lethally long hat pins to skewer. Curiously, I have a picture of one of my great-aunts in just such a hat, taken at the time she was married and going to Saskatchewan as a homesteader. Ken Nyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08838597854722716546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-82472109192838027082013-10-27T09:31:16.206+00:002013-10-27T09:31:16.206+00:00Plenty of time to take up Trollope, Col. You impli...Plenty of time to take up Trollope, Col. You implied you had a big birthday coming up - now's the time to start on his 8 million books, each 1000+ pages long. Or alternately, time to decide to read every single hard-boiled book ever written that has so far evaded your clutches. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-84872315732405839392013-10-27T06:09:00.549+00:002013-10-27T06:09:00.549+00:00I can recall starting The Warden years ago, but I ...I can recall starting The Warden years ago, but I never finished. I think there was a TV series Barchester Chronicles which I enjoyed - most unlike me - which spurred me onto to buying the book. I was probably an impressionable teenager at the time. I still kind of regret not finishing though. col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-86274746748994666082013-10-26T22:28:42.288+01:002013-10-26T22:28:42.288+01:00Secretly, I would love to wear a hat like that - m...Secretly, I would love to wear a hat like that - maybe just once and not for long, I like the drama and glamour of it. But still glad I live in an age where we don't have to... Trollope is long, but I do enjoy his books - I'm sure I won't read them all, but every so often I pick up one....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-35980712105860138122013-10-26T21:45:41.663+01:002013-10-26T21:45:41.663+01:00I really had not paid attention to the hat until I...I really had not paid attention to the hat until I saw the comments. I was more focused on the dress. I cannot imagine wearing such a hat. I have accepted I will not read Trollope... books too long. Although I have heard there are shorter ones. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-34564851776976460362013-10-26T09:26:06.444+01:002013-10-26T09:26:06.444+01:00Yes I'm fascinated by hats and the people who ...Yes I'm fascinated by hats and the people who make and sell them, there've been a good few entries... And yes, Trollope has that generous but realistic view of his characters which makes for such good writing (and reading!).Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-60761858226693073792013-10-26T09:24:31.070+01:002013-10-26T09:24:31.070+01:00You made me laugh Bill! That is indeed some hat. B...You made me laugh Bill! That is indeed some hat. But perhaps she had those very very long hatpins which feature in historical mystery stories. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-41785367554512322802013-10-26T07:06:48.653+01:002013-10-26T07:06:48.653+01:00Moira - I like the look this gives at those three ...Moira - I like the look this gives at those three different kinds of characters. And the wit comes through even in the short bits you've shared. I love that descriptions too, of ...'not being in the least bit ashamed of anything she did.'. I can definitely see the appeal. <br /><br />And on a side note, that's something you don't really see any more: millinery and therefore, milliners.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-11276489851817122542013-10-26T06:28:17.908+01:002013-10-26T06:28:17.908+01:00The lovely lady in the photo was certainly not liv...The lovely lady in the photo was certainly not living in Saskatchewan when the photo was taken. The prairie wind would have sent that hat sailing. It is an impressive hat. It must be almost a meter in diameter.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.com