“But the future must be met, however stern and iron it be” Elizabeth Gaskell
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“But the future must be met, however stern and iron it be” Elizabeth Gaskell
pickI had great plans for #MiddleGradeMarch and I‘ve only read two. 🤷🏻♀️ This was one of them! I LOVED Paterson‘s books when I was a kid—The Great Gilly Hopkins, Bridge to Terabithia, Jacob Have I Loved—so I picked this up a while ago out of nostalgia for a favorite author. Of course it sat on the shelf for years. 😆 This is so different from the ones I loved as a kid, but it has the same depth of characterization that I responded to back then.⬇️
I don‘t know anything about this book except that it involves three favorite Litten authors, Jane Austen, Mrs. Gaskell, and Charlotte Brontë. And it‘s free for #Kindle today. #ebook #kindlefreebie
#Two4Tuesday
1. We last moved in 2003. Just completed a renovation of our home so we can lively here comfortably for another 20+ years. 🤞
2. Tagged book for a classic where a character moves. Billy Summers by Stephen King for a more recent one.
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pick14-23 Dec 23 (audiobook)
I enjoyed this far more than expected, having never really heard of Gaskell and expecting a poor man‘s version of Austen. The depiction of class in 19th century England and the emergent union movement were very interesting and distinguished this text from most of the 19th century romance I have read. It is far from perfect but I am pleased I took the time to listen. Juliet Stevenson is a wonderful narrator.
Watched the BBC adaptation of North and South with the book club girls @VioletCavalier @hkapusta @WonderingGypsy . It‘s a fairly good adaptation of the novel; after all it is a four hour miniseries!
pickThis was my first time reading this author and it won't be my last. I loved how she touched on the classes and brought to life Victorian industrial Era. Will be in the top 10 of favorite reads this year.
Bit of retail therapy in the heat of an afternoon in Lincoln moving our youngest out of uni for the last time. It is such a beautiful city and even though a little hard to get to well worth a visit . I will miss popping over especially when you get to rummage in a 2nd hand book shop in the site of a mediaeval synagogue. This was halfway up the aptly called Steep Hill which is quite a climb to the cathedral in the afternoon sun.
#Ihavequestions getting around to these fun prompts posted earlier that I didn't do then!Margaret Hale,Clary and Polly Cazalet,And RIchard from the Cazalet CHronicles,Coram,Lyra,Iorek from His Dark Materials,Katherine from Barbara Trapido's works,Janie from THeir Eyes,Poppy Carew,VI Warshawski,Grace Makutsi,Ursula,Tambudzai,AKuany,Salima and CHerifa,Olanna,Fanny...this is ending up being a list of fictional characters I want to meet
