The Holiday by Richmal Crompton

The Holiday by Richmal Crompton is a family story about growing up and revealing the inner turmoil of many characters.

Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood by Gwen Raverat

A Victorian memoir set in Cambridge, England about Gwen Raverat's (Charles Darwin's Granddaughter) childhood.

The Benefactress by Elizabeth Von Arnim

Set in the early 1900's, Anna Estcourt is 25 and living with her sister-in-law Susie in London when she inherits a small German estate from her Uncle. She is bored and dissatisfied with her high society life and her domineering sister-in-law who nags her to marry. Anna travels with Susie and her supercilious maid, as …

Fenland Chronicle by Sybil Marshall

Fenland Chronicle is composed of two memoirs of the author's parents, taken from their memories in the late Victorian and Edwardian era's. The Fens are a low, marshy area in England. Sybil Marshall's father, Will En' (Edwards)/Bill 'Arry, reminisces about his schooling, upbringing, and working life. There are some very funny stories he relates including …

Reading Update – 06/02/21

I went to the Dymocks in the city a few days ago to buy some books with the gift vouchers I had. I bought a purple hardback edition of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and The Baron In The Trees by Italo Calvino, an Italian philosophical novel. Afterwards I enjoyed a hot chocolate at the …

Anne of Windy Poplars by L. M. Montgomery

Anne Shirley has moved to Summerside to start a new job as principal of Summerside High School. She encounters problems with the Pringle family who are quite influential in the seaside town. No one will allow her to board with them until older two widows accept her at Windy Poplars. The Pringle's make life difficult …