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bibliothecarivs
Thomas Hardy | Claire Tomalin
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p. 147: '[Hardy's] is a voice that speaks to readers in many countries and to which successive generations have responded. With this voice Hardy established the territory in which he worked best in fiction, in which rural landscape is drawn with a naturalist's eye and country people are shown playing out their lives "between custom and education, between work and ideas, between love of place and experience of change."' (Raymond Williams)

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Jane Austen: A Life | Claire Tomalin
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I'm sooooooooooo behind on Litsy everything but for a good reason: May was packed with travel, and the most important part of it was visiting Jane Austen's House in Chawton. 😍😍😍 A true Janeite dream come true, especially in this epic 250th birthday year.

BarbaraBB Great photo and a great trip ❤️❤️ 1w
Librarybelle So awesome!! 1w
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 1w
LeahBergen How wonderful! I made the pilgrimage, too. 🥰 1w
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LitsyEvents
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repost for @AllDebooks:

Our #VirginiaBloomsberries June #buddyread is Harriet Baker's 2024 group biography of VW, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Rosamund Lehmann, observing how their lives were changed by their move to the country.
https://mirandasnotebook.com/blog/harrietbaker

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AllDebooks Thank you for the share 😀 1w
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Our #VirginiaBloomsberries June #buddyread is Harriet Baker's 2024 group biography of VW, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Rosamund Lehmann, observing how their lives were changed by their move to the country.
https://mirandasnotebook.com/blog/harrietbaker

All are welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

@LitsyEvents

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The Bronte Myth | Lucasta Miller
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Panpan

Very dense, especially the last third or so. I can‘t say I‘ve read any other metabiographies, as the author describes the genre, so perhaps this is par for the course. I did learn some things, though.

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bibliothecarivs
Thomas Hardy | Claire Tomalin
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On Oct 30, 2024, I accidentally left this book in Los Angeles. It was easily replaceable but the Stonehenge bookmark from our first trip to England was not. Thanks to my cousin Summer, both book and bookmark arrived back at my house in Utah on Apr 26, 2025!

Ruthiella Wow! That‘s a long time to wait, but at least there‘s a happy ending! 1mo
Texreader Oh that‘s great news!! I went to Stonehenge last year. I would have been so sad too! 1mo
bibliothecarivs @Texreader, what did you think of the 'henge? As much as I love England and its history, I was underwhelmed. It's so iconic that perhaps my expectations were too high. 1mo
Bookwomble @bibliothecarivs I think that in an age of skyscrapers, Stonehenge makes less of an impression on the modern mind in terms of its bulk, though our greater understanding of its deep history can still review awe. Did you get to visit Avebury and Silbury Hill? 3w
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Panpan

A look at the lives of J.M. Barrie & neighbours, the Llewelyn Davies family, whose five boys were instrumental in the development of the story of Peter Pan - especially Michael, their fourth son, on whom the main character was based. At first the friendships were thought to be of little concern but eventually Arthur Llewelyn Davies moved his family out of London to get away from Barrie's influence. (continued)

OutsmartYourShelf In this he was thwarted by his wife who facilitated Barrie's involvement. Unlike Peter Pan, Michael did indeed grow up, & as he did so he tried to break free of Barrie's influence, but only managed to do so in death. Accident or suicide? We will probably never know.

If events happened as they are laid out here, Barrie's presence was a wedge between the boys' parents, Sylvia & Arthur, who grew apart just before Arthur's tragic death of cancer at
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OutsmartYourShelf a relatively young age, & Barrie's continued influence fractured this family from within. Even after reading this, I'm still unsure as to whether it could be termed emotional abuse, but the dynamic between Michael & Barrie became unhealthy for both of them.

Even with this darkness at the heart of one of our best-loved children's story, there were points when my attention wandered.
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OutsmartYourShelf The writing style is quite rambling & the narrative sometimes went off on tangents instead of sticking to the main point. I found it a bit confusing at times, but I hadn't known about the link between the Llewelyn Davies family & the du Mauriers before reading this. 2⭐

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4292906405
Read 1st-4th May 2025

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Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Interesting and heartbreaking 💔 Reminds me of Lewis Carroll and his interest in Alice Liddell 1mo
Andrew65 An interesting scenario, but a shame the book wasn‘t better. 1mo
DieAReader 🎉👋🏻 #Next 1mo
OutsmartYourShelf @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Indeed! That comparison was also mentioned in the book. 1mo
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Texreader
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Ebook on sale. Will work for November‘s #foodandlit country #Samoa @Catsandbooks

Butterfinger Bought. Thanks for sharing. 2mo
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