tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post8358175735222906290..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: On 'The Brontës Went to Woolworths'StuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-69461443042512152632013-02-25T20:48:45.761+00:002013-02-25T20:48:45.761+00:00They published it in the same marvellous series th...They published it in the same marvellous series that had Miss Hargreaves - no duds at all in the series, in my opinion.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-60412555125091843332013-02-25T20:48:22.721+00:002013-02-25T20:48:22.721+00:00It's a fun, mad novel!It's a fun, mad novel!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-32342177070990274792013-02-25T20:48:15.249+00:002013-02-25T20:48:15.249+00:00Good luck in finding it, Sarah!Good luck in finding it, Sarah!StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-27894172278962441182013-02-25T20:48:05.866+00:002013-02-25T20:48:05.866+00:00I definitely got that sense! She seems quite set ...I definitely got that sense! She seems quite set on using real life things in books (which always feels like cheating to me) - in her case, her family made up 'sagas' about people in the same way that the Brontes Went to Woolworths family does. She doesn't really 'do' tongue-in-cheek in her autobiog, oddly enough...StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-286163177634734832013-02-25T18:46:50.847+00:002013-02-25T18:46:50.847+00:00The Brontës Went to Woolworths is yet another new ...The Brontës Went to Woolworths is yet another new to me book that sounds like it would be worth investigating! Luckily, it looks as if there are lots of used and new copies avaialble from on-line sellers.Ruthiellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871834571645928819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-13768266428952287242013-02-23T16:29:08.848+00:002013-02-23T16:29:08.848+00:00Interesting, I shall have to liberate 'Brontes...Interesting, I shall have to liberate 'Brontes' from the Tbr in the near futureKarolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02613986841074083598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-86764128492801467932013-02-22T21:32:10.717+00:002013-02-22T21:32:10.717+00:00Oh, I want to read "We Were Amused." Qui...Oh, I want to read "We Were Amused." Quite expensive so far. Thank you for the quotes.Sarah Wrightsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-53987422634542217352013-02-22T18:36:27.959+00:002013-02-22T18:36:27.959+00:00I find it interesting that she find this book so o...I find it interesting that she find this book so odd that she was frightened of it, almost as if it it took on a life of its own, outside her control. I wonder how much of her own family background went into it, and whether it was at all the way she originally envisaged it - or do you think this was a tongue in cheek comment? Christine Hardinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09814026435889782750noreply@blogger.com