Comments on: ‘Lady’s Maid’ by Margaret Forster http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/2011/02/01/ladys-maid/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ladys-maid You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me – C. S. Lewis Fri, 31 Aug 2012 08:06:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Annie http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/2011/02/01/ladys-maid/#comment-1738 Annie Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:33:50 +0000 http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/?p=880#comment-1738 I was thinking of 'The Last Station' by Jay Parini and Colm Toibin's 'The Master'. I would like to include the new David Lodge that comes out later in the year about H G wells, but it won't be in paperback on time and I don't select hardbacks because we're all on very fixed incomes. I'm actually going to hear Lodge talk to our undergrads on biographical fiction the week after next so I may get some more ideas then. I was thinking of ‘The Last Station’ by Jay Parini and Colm Toibin’s ‘The Master’. I would like to include the new David Lodge that comes out later in the year about H G wells, but it won’t be in paperback on time and I don’t select hardbacks because we’re all on very fixed incomes. I’m actually going to hear Lodge talk to our undergrads on biographical fiction the week after next so I may get some more ideas then.

]]> By: oldenglishrose http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/2011/02/01/ladys-maid/#comment-1731 oldenglishrose Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:08:24 +0000 http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/?p=880#comment-1731 That sounds like a fascinating summer school. Which books are you reading about James and Tolstoy? I don't know much about Elizabeth Barrett-Browning's life so I wouldn't take my word as gospel without some research, but the fact that Forster has also written a biography of her was definitely encouraging. What a shame that your other book by her wasn't as well-researched. That sounds like a fascinating summer school. Which books are you reading about James and Tolstoy? I don’t know much about Elizabeth Barrett-Browning’s life so I wouldn’t take my word as gospel without some research, but the fact that Forster has also written a biography of her was definitely encouraging. What a shame that your other book by her wasn’t as well-researched.

]]> By: Annie http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/2011/02/01/ladys-maid/#comment-1710 Annie Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:39:25 +0000 http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/?p=880#comment-1710 This is a book I must read asap for a number of reasons. Firstly I recently read Forster's 'Keeping the World Away' which is about a Gwen John painting and very much enjoyed it. My only reservation was that she had definitely not done her research as well as she should have done. It sounds from what you say that that will not be the case here. Secondly, I'm looking for another fiction book telling the story of a real author to add to the list for a summer school I'm running and this sounds as though it might fit the bill. Matching the brownings with Henry James and Tolstoy would give us a very nice mixture. This is a book I must read asap for a number of reasons. Firstly I recently read Forster’s ‘Keeping the World Away’ which is about a Gwen John painting and very much enjoyed it. My only reservation was that she had definitely not done her research as well as she should have done. It sounds from what you say that that will not be the case here.

Secondly, I’m looking for another fiction book telling the story of a real author to add to the list for a summer school I’m running and this sounds as though it might fit the bill. Matching the brownings with Henry James and Tolstoy would give us a very nice mixture.

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