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House of Elrig (Revised)
House of Elrig (Revised) | Gavin Maxwell
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This is the personal story of Gavin Maxwell's boyhood, most of which he spent, in fact or in fancy, at the House of Elrig, a lonely, windswept house on the moorlands of Galloway. This is the house which, together with the influence of his relations, shaped his interest in living creatures and his love of wild country and wilderness, and led the way to the life he describes in Ring of Bright Water. It covers his boyhood, public school education in England, and return to Scotland.
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LeahBergen
House of Elrig (Revised) | Gavin Maxwell
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The House of Elrig arrived and is now added to the (growing) collection of #SlightlyFoxed editions. These are marvelously compact little editions of forgotten memoirs. If you are a fan of I Capture the Castle, check out the author's memoir of her childhood, Look Back With Love.

britt_brooke Gah, these are lovely! 8y
Books88 😍! 8y
Jess_Read_This Omigosh!!! I have a copy of Terms and Conditions.. but now that I see all of them together..😍😍😍I need more Slightly Foxed books. Absolutely gorgeous collection, Leah! 8y
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rubyslippersreads 😍😍😍 I have Terms and Conditions (#blameitonleahbergen 😄) and Look Back With Love. I hope they do the rest of Dodie Smith's autobiography. 8y
LauraBrook Look at all these gorgeous Slightly Foxed babies!!!! 😍 I can't wait until new bookshelves are up so I can put all of mine together at last. 8y
LauraBrook Also, can I ask - are you planning on collecting all of them? Or just the ones that sound good to you? 8y
ReadingEnvy Are they abridged or just compact? 8y
LeahBergen @britt_brooke Thanks! 😘 8y
LeahBergen @Jess_Read_This Thank you! Aren't they lovely to hold, too? 8y
LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads Haha! I was thinking that, too, about the rest of her autobiographies. They have published multiple volumes by another author so ... maybe! 8y
LeahBergen @LauraBrook I was thinking of yours today when I took this photo. 😘 8y
LeahBergen @LauraBrook I've only been getting the ones that appeal to me. How about you? 8y
LeahBergen @ReadingEnvy Just compact. They are little hardcovers that are about the size of a paperback (but with nicely-sized printing, thankfully). 8y
LauraBrook @LeahBergen Same. I'm sorely tempted to get them all, but that's a big chunk of money I don't really have. Will drool over the catalog instead. Mostly. 😘 8y
Redwritinghood 🌈🌈 8y
LeahBergen @Redwritinghood I really need to buy orange and yellow editions of these - just for future Litsy rainbow photo prompts. 😉 8y
Suet624 So beautiful! 8y
batsy Oh my goddddddd 😍 8y
saresmoore Dear Lord. 8y
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