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... K,* I'll gladly take A Gentle Madness by Nicholas A. Basbanes from Sandydog's library.
From my own I'll suggest Miss Mole by E.H. Young, a delightful story of a delightful and odd woman. OK, that list was way too long! I've deleted it. If anyone wants the alphabetized list, tell me and I'll send it to you.
I just finished and thoroughly enjoyed Miss Mole (an absolute delight with sparkle and depth) and am on to Illyrian Spring in a vintage hardcover sent by my dear friend!
My current list:
Miss Mole by E.H. Young
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von arnim
The Camomile by Catherine Carswell
Red Pottage by Mary Cholmondeley
Invitation to the Waltz by Rosamond Lehmann
Illyrian Spring by Ann Bridge
The People with ... ... by Kim Stanley Robinson, a near-future ecological disaster bit of scifi and the middle book of a trilogy, and wonderful! Miss Mole by E.H. Young. Very good. But this afternoon I picked up a space opera for a reread, Prisoner's Hope by David Feintuch, and who knows what will appeal ... ... eagerly awaiting Novel on Yellow Paper, The Little Ottleys, and Jenny Wren. (Did I mention that I'm loving Miss Mole?) Oh, how I love this whole thing!
(And, Belva, if you want to know about mine, they came from pbs, amp, and biblio. (Thanks, Barbara.))
edited to ... ... Oh, and William (no touchstone). Guess I have a bit of the E.H. Young canon yet to go ... but I did enjoy Miss Mole! ... Dial)
The Sugar House (Dial)
The Lost Traveller (Dial)
The Clever Woman of the Family
The Misses Mallett (Dial)
Miss Mole (Dial)
The Curate's Wife
I wanted to upload On the Side of the Angels as well, but Betty Miller seems to have gone AWOL. God knows which box she crawled ... ... really enjoyed, and am now reading another Virago Modern Classic, Jenny Wren. I've read one other book by E.H. Young -- Miss Mole -- and liked her writing. This one is also good. Top 5 books for 2Q09
Sorry
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Wives and Daughters
Desertion
Miss Mole
And a few stats about my second quarter reading:
- 19 books, 38 YTD
- 5,735 pages, 11,473 YTD
- 12 written by women, 26 YTD
- 2 from the "1001 Books you Must Read Before you D ... I love Miss Mole, Teazle, if you haven't read it. I've just started reading Miss Mole by E.H. Young, I'm enjoying it so far. ... target="_blank"> Miss Mole - review
From my review: Emily Hilda Young lived and wrote in Britain ... Oh since I read both Miss Mole and Lolly Willowes this year I will be curious to see what you think of them. I am quite enjoying Novel on Yellow Paper. Last night I started reading Miss Mole. I squeezed in a bit more reading time at lunch today. So, not far along yet, but I can tell I will enjoy this one, as I know many of you have. I'm now reading a Virago Modern Classic, Miss Mole. I'm only a few chapters in, but enjoying the author's style. >214: I'm planning to read Miss Mole this month as well ... I can't wait! I just finished Miss Mole and I was thoroughly delighted. She is cut from that same cloth of Miss Pettigrew but she is more self-aware. I love her careful observations of her circumscribed world and her internal inventions that make life bearable.
I am prone to that sort of invention myself so ... Ah that's hard foggi, I had a similar slump. I think it is broken now I am finding Miss Mole engaging enough to read when I should be reading research. ... I don't have a full sense of her yet, but The Misses Mallett started much more as you describe The Vicar's Daughter. Miss Mole started off at a boil.
Ganeshaka "sardonically inflates and punctures her characters" is agreat description of Molly Keane. I am so glad you are enjoying Miss Mole. I adored it too. ... hope you enjoy our little group.
I am dipping in to three right now. Fish, Flesh and Good Red Herring Splendid so far, Miss Mole which I adore, I enjoyed The Misses Mallett but this is even better and In This House of Brede
Oh dear bunnyb, I had forgotten the new Stella Gibbons. I ... ... hour days and feeling frazzled when I got two lovely volumes from friends here- This House of Brede (thank you Liz) and Miss Mole (thank you Patricia).
It reminded me of the cosy sitting room and warm fire and good discussion always waiting here and kind friends who will post books from ... #15 and 92,Mrs Penny, You are truly wonderful!
I would love The Misses Mallett. I will leave the copy of Miss Mole for 20 or 27, but Chatterton Square would find an extremely welcoming home with me...
E.T.A Do you have a wishlist yourself, Mrs Penny? I know you have the full VMC ... ... hunt and I found the following which are on wishlists:
> 15 - The Misses Mallett by E.H.Young;
> 15, 20 & 27 - Miss Mole by E H Young; Only one copy!!
> 65 - A Stricken Field - Martha Gellhorn;
> 86 - Chatterton Square - E.H. Young.
All of these copies are ... ...
27. The Spirit Catches you and You Fall Down - review
26. Miss Mole - review
25. The Tipping Point - review
24. ... ... which Virago published.
i would also be ecstatic to find any of the Pilgrimage books and very pleased if Miss Mole jumped off the shelf to me at Oxfam! ... by Mary Cholmondeley
The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall
A Wreath for the Enemy by Pamela Frankau
Miss Mole by E.H.Young
Cousin Rosamund b Rebecca West
Losing Battles by Eudora Welty
... Kennedy
The Shutter of Snow by Emily Holmes Coleman
A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark
Regretfully culled
Miss Mole by E.H. Young
Jenny Wren by E.H. Young
The Curate's Wife by E.H. Young
The Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield
ETA: my name is in italics ... ... taking a run at the darn near impossible: picking only 5:
The Master by Colm Toibin
The Leopard by di Lampedusa
Miss Mole by E.H. Young
Embers by Marai Sandor
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri ... by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa...what a beautiful story
3. The Brontes went to Woolworths by Rachel Ferguson
4. Miss Mole by E.H. Young
5. Jenny Wren by E.H. Young...fascinating look at class differences in England
read as a pair with
6. The Curate's Wife by E.H. Youn ... ... but today I checked out a new secondhand bookshop in my nearest town and to my complete surprise this is what I found:
Miss Mole
Golden Miles
Winged Seeds
Mother and Son
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (what a fabulous title by the way)
and
Me Again
NB. Lizzybee, ... ... if you give something away it sometimes does come back and a dial press copy of The Misses Mallet ( I was looking for Miss Mole but this looks good.) I also found a duplicate but I'll put that on the duplicate thread. I am the VERY lucky recipient, from a VERY generous LTer, of the following: The Beth Book, Miss Mole, and The Lacquer Lady. WOW!!! E.H. Young: Miss Mole ... were the one to find that book. I love those "meant to be" moments. That letter is a delight. And what a haul: I adored Miss Mole and have just finished Jenny Wren, which I also loved. Thanks for sharing this. ... 1995
Ursula Freymouth 1997
Isn't that the coolest thing.
So my other fabulous finds, Viragos, are as follows:
Miss Mole by E. H. Young Green Virago with the apple
The Misses Mallett byE.H. Young Green Virago with the apple
Rumour of Heaven by Beatrix Lehman - ... ... the Private Matter by Diana Gabaldon
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
Miss Mole by E. H. Young
On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Fleming ... of worship, dear, and I'm sure you'll feel quite happy about me because Mrs. Gibson is a member of the congregation."
Miss Mole by E. H. Young
"You didn't go the same night, I suppose?" Just arrive in the post from Amazon:
Miss Mole
Ordinary Families (0.1p)
... with twelve collected quickly (thanks to everyone's generosity, and one or two lucky finds), and nine still unread.
Miss Mole was lovely company, and I am now trying to finish off the month's other reading, while contemplating which Virago will come next. Will it be Who Was Changed and ... A Dog Among Diplomats by J. F. Englert - a mystery, sent to me by the author who was participating in author chat!
Miss Mole by E. H. Young - a wonderful VMC
Mistress in the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin - bought on ... 38. Miss Mole by E. H. Young
Another excellent VMC. Miss Mole and I started out on shaky footing, but we quickly ended up getting along beautifully. Quite fun! ... feeling like quite the inconstant reader at the moment.
Oh and Eurydice I can see why you might want to spend time with Miss Mole. I am afraid I will have to add that to my wishlist. Oh dear. ... so she is.
I admit it, Robert Graves and I, Claudius are wonderful, but really I want to spend more time with Miss Mole. (As I did last night and this morning.) Of course, I'm at the danger point with him where I tend to give up on books, from odd boredom: 2/3 - 3/4 of the way ... Eurydice, I just loved Miss Mole. What a wonderful character. E.H. Young's Miss Mole has been sharing tea with me (and her cousin, Lilla, a much less welcome companion). Thanks to the same Christina, I shrewdly suspect, as Juliette's A Stricken Field. :)
I've laid aside a book I meant to finish tonight - and still might - for the pleasure of ... My updated top ten:
Miss Mole by E.H. Young
Mr. Fortune's Maggot by Sylvia Townsend Warner
The World My Wilderness by Rose Macauley
The Corn King and the Spring Queen by Naomi Mitchison
They Tied a Label on My Coat by Hilda Hollingsworth
I capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Pira ... Miss Mole by E.H. Young
My Review ... Career Miles Franklin
At Mrs. Lippincote's Elizabeth Taylor
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont Elizabeth Taylor
Miss Mole by E.H. Young thank you Patricia
The Constant Nymph by Margaret Kennedy Thank you Rob!
A Woman of Independent Means Christiguc, how marvelous! Miss Mole arrived today - already. :) I'm eager to begin it.... and will look out for Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead, whenever it comes. Thank you.
I, too, am happy for Virago titles in non-Virago editions.... nice as it is to collect them. 22. Miss Mole by E.H. Young
Wonderful story!
My Review
288 pages ... (1967), too! I am going to challenge myself to read at least one of these by the end of the summer!
>173 Tiffin, Miss Mole moves up the stack, too! I am reading and loving Miss Mole by E.H. Young. What a quirky, wonderful book so far. ... Couple and the Semi-Detached House
The Beth Book--black Dial Press, I believe
Troy Chimneys
Cousin Rosamund
Miss Mole (2 copies--like new) Wow! Lovely finds, indeed. Cariola, I envy you the Miss Mole, among others. I wish my book budget went farther! I stretch it quite enough. But Viragos will now get their share.
Bleuroses, what's the Mansfield? I don't recognize the title, but mostly bought collections of her stories. ... I was delighted to find a copy of Miss Mole this afternoon. It's in excellent condition and only cost $1! ... last night, and really enjoyed it. What next? I picked up my newly-purchased old black Dial edition of E.H. Young's Miss Mole, and realized I would need a microscope to read the small print. So, I think I'll give my eyes a break and read Antonia White's The Sugar House. It's about ... ... standards set above, but I was pleased:
Antonia White, The Sugar House
Antonia White, Beyond the Glass
E.H. Young, Miss Mole
May Sinclair, Mary Oliver: A life
Vera Brittain, The Dark Tide
My local second-hand bookseller seems recently to have acquired a small stack of old black ... Sadly, it appears that one of the Viragos I ordered from PBS, Miss Mole, has either gone underground or gone missing in the mail. It was coming from about 50 miles away and was reported mailed on 11/20. :( OK, here's the list of what I ordered from PBS over the past few days:
The Blue Flower
Miss Mole
The Curate's Wife
The Squire
Gone to Earth
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
The Semi-Attached Couple and the Semi-Detached House
Lantana Lane
The Provinical Daughter
An U ... ... a big derailment up in the next town, so I took A Walk Along the Tracks, instead of my habitual jaunt down Cobra Road; Miss Mole - who greeted me with a hearty "Bonjour, Blanc!" - had decided to do the same, but we were soon shooed off the rails by some policemen, who shanghai'ed us into ...
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