REREAD: The Governess
The Governess: Peggy Chambers, Peacock 1964
This wasn’t the book that I thought it was when I put it on my ‘to reread’ pile. In and of itself, that says something about how memorable I found it, some 20 years on after buying it.
In a way, it reminded me of those 1950s career books for girls. It could have been called ‘Isabel Dennison – Governess’. But ( Read more... )
Number of books reread during February: four and a half.
[Lightly edited on 9 November 2019.#
This wasn’t the book that I thought it was when I put it on my ‘to reread’ pile. In and of itself, that says something about how memorable I found it, some 20 years on after buying it.
In a way, it reminded me of those 1950s career books for girls. It could have been called ‘Isabel Dennison – Governess’. But ( Read more... )
Number of books reread during February: four and a half.
[Lightly edited on 9 November 2019.#