The Edwardians

The Edwardians | Vita Sackville-West

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A solid 3 stars. There are passages that are superb but there are also parts where I lost interest. It‘s an interesting comparison to Swann‘s Way and other books I‘ve been reading from this period - here we have a woman‘s observations of high society (although through a young male protagonist) I feel that Vita has more insight into the ageing beauty, the society doyen, the virtuous but naive wife etc. ⬇️

Centique Really fascinating if you‘ve read about Vita‘s life - here were characters having some of the same passions and qualms that I supposed Vita had - boredom and short intense affairs, her love for the estate she could never own, her doubts about social hierarchy and conventional morality. Well worth a read if this period interests you. 5y

Tanisha_A Never read Vita. Only a couple of correspondences between her and Woolf. I am stacking this. Also, that lamp is beautiful. 😍 5y

Centique @Tanisha_A I wish it was my lamp but unfortunately no! Just took a photo of it in an antique shop. I read this biography of Vita last year and it was so fascinating - I‘m a little obsessed with her and Woolf now

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Centique

The Edwardians | Vita Sackville-West

#7days7covers #covercrush Day 4

@BarbaraTheBibliophage would you like to play? Post a favourite cover a day with no explanation - tag someone in each day if you can.

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Cathythoughts Great cover 💙 5y

LeahBergen I have this edition, too (and also All Passion Spent). Love ‘em! 5y

jillrhudy I need this book! 5y

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BarbaraTheBibliophage Hi - I did this a while ago. Let me give i some thought to whether I‘ll just repost pictures, or if I have new choices. 😘 5y

Centique @BarbaraTheBibliophage ha! 🤣 I went to your feed and couldn‘t see anything in the last few days - I should have realised you would have been in the early rounds of this! 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Centique No worries. I‘ll have to see if I can find the photos! 5y

Caroline2 😍 5y

Aimeesue That's a lovely edition! 5y

BiblioLitten 😍 5y

batsy So pretty! I have the green Virago edition. I love this book ❤️ 5y

erzascarletbookgasm How is this book? You‘ve read it? 5y

Centique @erzascarletbookgasm not yet! Lets ask @batsy 😊👍 5y

Tanisha_A All the shades of blue. 💙 5y

batsy @Centique @erzascarletbookgasm The Litsy rating doesn't do it justice! A lovely slow-burn read about the excess and hypocrisies of the aristocrats. I found it very readable and compelling :) 5y

Centique @batsy this is on my list for next year - it sounds gorgeous. I read a bio of Vita last year and I‘m entranced already 💕 5y

erzascarletbookgasm @batsy @Centique great to know! Stacking. I have her other book tbr

All Passion Spent

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veritysalter

The Edwardians | Vita Sackville-West

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It‘s been a rather rainy June in England, but a least I was able to enjoy my books.

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veritysalter

The Edwardians | Vita Sackville-West

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Sebastian, a young and handsome duke, heir to the beautiful Chevron Estate, is bored. He feels his life is mapped out for him and he is being swept along in a tide of tradition; the more he tries to rebel, the more he unwittingly conforms. Set in 1905, at the end of the Edwardian era, the reader already knows the cataclysmic changes that England will face, how long can the privileged last and can it adapt or will it be lost forever.

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veritysalter

The Edwardians | Vita Sackville-West

So catty!

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rubyslippersreads

The Edwardians | Vita Sackville-West

Thanks for the tag, @CrowCAH 😊

1. Classic: Jane Austen the Brontes 🌸 Modern: Sue Grafton, Maeve Binchy (not really all that modern 😀)
2. Lunch/coffee with friends during the day; evenings with a book and my cats.
3. A lot of my favorite books/movies/interests seem to take place in the early 1900s—the Betsy-Tacy books, Titanic, The Music Man, Downton Abbey, etc.
4. Anyone who hasn't already been tagged and wants to play. 😊
#trivialthursday

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thebookmagpie

The Edwardians | Vita Sackville-West

so-so

My 50th book so far this year -1/3 of my Goodreads goal 💪💪💪 unfortunately I wasn't mad about this one, it should have been right up my alley but felt lacklustre and just when it would pique my interest it would deviate away from the thing that interested me!

Reviewsbylola That‘s unfortunate but congrats on hitting 50!! This is a beautiful cover. 7y

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julianabrina

The Edwardians | Vita Sackville-West

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