http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/2011/09/20/elizabeth-and-her-german-garden/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=elizabeth-and-her-german-garden 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 http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/2011/09/20/elizabeth-and-her-german-garden/#comment-3046 coqauvin Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:36:55 +0000 http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/?p=2351#comment-3046 OK, now I get it. I did a quick search online and read about her life. Didn't want anyone to read this and think I was completely ignorant!Now, everything seems clearer and I can chuckle when appropriate. How sad her married life must have been. Sounds like she was fortunate to be able to live independently for parts of her life. Now, who should play "The Man of Wrath"? OK, now I get it. I did a quick search online and read about her life. Didn’t want anyone to read this and think I was completely ignorant!Now, everything seems clearer and I can chuckle when appropriate. How sad her married life must have been. Sounds like she was fortunate to be able to live independently for parts of her life. Now, who should play “The Man of Wrath”?

]]> http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/2011/09/20/elizabeth-and-her-german-garden/#comment-3045 coqauvin Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:13:37 +0000 http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/?p=2351#comment-3045 I just wish I knew when E.Von A. is writing with tongue in cheek.Does she really agree that wife-beating is good and that the help are no better than animals? I like to believe she writes what she observes leaving the reader to make his or her own opinion. Does anyone know which way her sympathies ran? When the movie is made, Gwyneth Paltrow should play E.Von A. I just wish I knew when E.Von A. is writing with tongue in cheek.Does she really agree that wife-beating is good and that the help are no better than animals? I like to believe she writes what she observes leaving the reader to make his or her own opinion. Does anyone know which way her sympathies ran? When the movie is made, Gwyneth Paltrow should play E.Von A.

]]> http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/2011/09/20/elizabeth-and-her-german-garden/#comment-3043 Carol M. Chappell Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:50:05 +0000 http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/?p=2351#comment-3043 One of my friends called me years ago and said, "Carol, you must read this book that I just found." That started an adventure with Mary and two other of our friends to find more "Elizabeth" books. It took us several years, but Mary and I finally found all of von Arnim's books and have read them all, some twice. She is one of my all time favorite authors. I am glad that people are still discovering and loving Elizabeth's writing, but I think her works should be listed with the literary classics. Sadly, she seemed to be forgotten after WWII. Styles change, I suppose, but I find her writings as relevant today as in her time. One of my friends called me years ago and said, “Carol, you must read this book that I just found.” That started an adventure with Mary and two other of our friends to find more “Elizabeth” books. It took us several years, but Mary and I finally found all of von Arnim’s books and have read them all, some twice. She is one of my all time favorite authors. I am glad that people are still discovering and loving Elizabeth’s writing, but I think her works should be listed with the literary classics. Sadly, she seemed to be forgotten after WWII. Styles change, I suppose, but I find her writings as relevant today as in her time.

]]> http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/2011/09/20/elizabeth-and-her-german-garden/#comment-3035 Elizabeth and her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim « The Sleepless Reader Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:42:47 +0000 http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/?p=2351#comment-3035 [...] thoughts: So Many Books, Musings, Small World Reads, Iris on Books, Old English Rose Reads, SassyMonkey Reads, A Garden Carried in the Pocket, Lunnie’s Musings (yours?) Advertisement [...] [...] thoughts: So Many Books, Musings, Small World Reads, Iris on Books, Old English Rose Reads, SassyMonkey Reads, A Garden Carried in the Pocket, Lunnie’s Musings (yours?) Advertisement [...]

]]> http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/2011/09/20/elizabeth-and-her-german-garden/#comment-2792 oldenglishrose Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:47:17 +0000 http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/?p=2351#comment-2792 It was a lovely book. I've got a couple of her other books on the shelves but she doesn't strike me as a very autumnal author, so I think I'll save them for next year. It was a lovely book. I’ve got a couple of her other books on the shelves but she doesn’t strike me as a very autumnal author, so I think I’ll save them for next year.

]]> http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/2011/09/20/elizabeth-and-her-german-garden/#comment-2790 Verity Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:21:31 +0000 http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/?p=2351#comment-2790 Oh one of my very very favourites, such a beautiful book, and how wonderful that you are at the start of your von arnim journey. Oh one of my very very favourites, such a beautiful book, and how wonderful that you are at the start of your von arnim journey.

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