Great Granny Webster

LeahBergen

Great Granny Webster (Revised) | Caroline Blackwood

I‘m loving this book!

It‘s weird and dark but so funny at times … like a gothic Nancy Mitford. 😆

MaureenMc Well, that description is intriguing. 🧐 10mo

Aimeesue I liked this one too. Glad you enjoyed it! 10mo

rubyslippersreads I‘ve been curious about this one. 10mo

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jlhammar Sounds fantastic! 10mo

Tamra It‘s such a great story! I could easily reread it. 10mo

Librarybelle What a description! Stacking! 10mo

Megabooks That cover!! 😍😍😍 10mo

BarbaraBB This sounds fabulous! 10mo

CarolynM I remember reading about Caroline Blackwood in the Tatler years ago. An interesting life. Stacking this one🙂 10mo

erzascarletbookgasm Sounds great! 10mo

Cathythoughts Definitely stacking ❤️ 10mo

batsy "Gothic Nancy Mitford" is all I needed to hear! 10mo

LeahBergen @MaureenMc It‘s weird and good. 😆 10mo

LeahBergen @Aimeesue It seems like “our” kind of book. 😊 10mo

LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads It‘s dark but good! 10mo

LeahBergen @jlhammar @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB @erzascarletbookgasm @batsy I hope you like it, too! 10mo

LeahBergen @Tamra It was so surprisingly good! 10mo

LeahBergen @Megabooks Right? It‘s awesome! 10mo

LeahBergen @CarolynM She seems fascinating! And this is semi-autobiographical, which is shocking. 😆 10mo

LeahBergen @Cathythoughts It‘s short and bizarre. I hope you like it, too! 10mo

Suet624 I‘m clearly going to have to find this one! 9mo

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sisilia

Great Granny Webster | Caroline Blackwood

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4⭐️ The way Blackwood described it, Great Granny Webster was this cold, ungenerous, correct-living tyrant, who was definitely not a people person. The novella is not just about her, but also about her descendants whose lives were affected by her directly or indirectly. I somehow disagree with the monstrous description of Great Granny; to me, she was just a straight-forward, practical individual. I think she‘s greatly misunderstood 🤷🏻‍♀️

sisilia #nyrb #nyrbclassics 5y

erzascarletbookgasm Great review and cool pic! 👍 5y

sisilia @erzascarletbookgasm Thank you! Granny Smith for Great Granny Webster 🤪 I couldn‘t resist 😆 (edited) 5y

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Tamra I‘m glad you liked it! 5y

LeahBergen I have this one waiting on my shelves. 👍🏻 5y

mabell Great photo! 🍏🍏🍏 5y

sisilia @Tamra It has funny moments, although in a subtle way. Great short read 👍🏻 5y

sisilia @mabell Thank you ☺️ 5y

sisilia @LeahBergen Something to look forward to 😃 5y

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sisilia

Great Granny Webster | Caroline Blackwood

TGIF! 🎊 I‘m so ready for the weekend. I have these two books to keep me busy 😆

Tamra I loved Granny Webster! I could read it again now. 5y

Leftcoastzen Been a while but I remember loving Granny Webster 5y

sisilia @Tamra @Leftcoastzen Yay! I‘m so glad you both loved it 🥰 5y

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Bertha_Mason I love your orchids! So pretty. 5y

sisilia Our office has fresh orchids once a month. They are so beautiful 😍 @Bertha_Mason 5y

Liz_M I am intrigued by The Gate and looking forward to your comments on it! ☺ 5y

MemoirsForMe Gorgeous orchids! 😍 5y

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Aimeesue

Great Granny Webster (Revised) | Caroline Blackwood

I‘m not sure that someone who “took the sea air” by having a hired chauffeured Royce driven up and down the road by the shore would pick her own flowers, but the azaleas are simply popping today.
#nyrb

Tamra I loved this novella! 6y

Aimeesue @Tamra It's SO good! 6y

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Tamra

Great Granny Webster (Revised) | Caroline Blackwood

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5⭐️ novella! It is a character study of a dysfunctional formerly aristocratic family during the crumbling of an era. The chapter describing life within Dunmartin Hall, especially family meals, is tragically comic and described so vividly it‘s like watching a film. I love this style of reflective and economical writing, which conveys so much meaning in a compact form. I‘m going to search out other Blackwood works.

batsy This sounds great! 6y

Tamra @batsy it really is - I could turn around and read it again now. 😄 6y

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Tamra

Great Granny Webster (Revised) | Caroline Blackwood

5 days into DLST and still needing strong tea in the morning. 😴 Loving Blackwood‘s writing!

Reviewsbylola Curious to hear how you like this one. It sounds different, in a good way! 6y

Tamra @Reviewsbylola so far so good - 2/3 in and 2 character studies. Neither are likable and the narrator is an enigma. 6y

LauraJ DLST has my sleep schedule all messed up. In California, we voted to stop this nonsense, but it didn‘t pass yet. (edited) 6y

Tamra @LauraJ 🙄 MN is apparently considering but I am doubtful. 6y

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LeahBergen

Great Granny Webster (Revised) | Caroline Blackwood

And a few NYRB editions that I found on this trip (at the same used bookshop).

I'm sorry about the hotel wallpaper (again), @Suet624 . 😂

BarbaraBB Great editions. Loved Chess Story! 7y

Suet624 Oh so pretty! And these don‘t look crooked. 😁😁 7y

ReadingEnvy I bought the Dundy for my old reading friend when he turned 60 and I'm still kicking myself that I didn't give it to myself first! 7y

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LeahBergen @BarbaraBB Thanks! I'm looking forward to it. 😀 7y

LeahBergen @Suet624 Whew! 😆 7y

LeahBergen @ReadingEnvy It looks so good! 7y

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AlaMich

Great Granny Webster | Caroline Blackwood

My #bookishconfession: I have a thing about editions and covers. This applies even to library books. If there is a new(er) edition, that's the one I want to read/buy. It's not about content, it's about appearance. If I know there is a new edition I will find the library branch that has it and borrow that one. OCD much? 🙄 #riotgrams

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