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AN OVERVIEW and A REFLECTION
May. 3rd, 2020 06:46 pmThe Secret Shore : Lillie Le Pla
This book has to have been influenced by ‘The Secret Garden’. (Disclaimer: I haven’t investigated the publishing dates.)
Despite her Scottish name, Sheila McLeod is ( Read more... )
And a reflection, based on these ‘unprecedented times’, I haven’t been a very mindful reader when it comes to the influence of the Spanish flu pandemic on writing from 1918 onwards. I know I’ve talked about the shadow of the first world war on characters in books set in the twenties, but not so much the impact of the pandemic e.g. on attitudes towards hygiene illness and mortality. One example might be here in my review of 'A Head Girl's Difficulties.'
The Great British Sewing Bee has started back, and I am watching it, but via iPlayer, so I expect to post about that at some point.
This book has to have been influenced by ‘The Secret Garden’. (Disclaimer: I haven’t investigated the publishing dates.)
Despite her Scottish name, Sheila McLeod is ( Read more... )
And a reflection, based on these ‘unprecedented times’, I haven’t been a very mindful reader when it comes to the influence of the Spanish flu pandemic on writing from 1918 onwards. I know I’ve talked about the shadow of the first world war on characters in books set in the twenties, but not so much the impact of the pandemic e.g. on attitudes towards hygiene illness and mortality. One example might be here in my review of 'A Head Girl's Difficulties.'
The Great British Sewing Bee has started back, and I am watching it, but via iPlayer, so I expect to post about that at some point.
