tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post1289092399182162006..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: Christopher and Columbus by Elizabeth von ArnimStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-37063945057498027992013-06-09T18:01:07.739+01:002013-06-09T18:01:07.739+01:00I second the recommendation for Fraulein Schmidt. ...I second the recommendation for Fraulein Schmidt. Thought it was lovely, and the epistolary format always appeals to me, anyhow. I've enjoyed most of her books with one notable exception, so keep reading -- she is truly underappreciated!Melwykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04885378201188978664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-29127797180923871442011-10-14T19:14:36.666+01:002011-10-14T19:14:36.666+01:00I like reading your long posts about books. You ha...I like reading your long posts about books. You have introduced me to many authors whose existence I may never have realized otherwise. Thank you! Elizabeth von Arnim has been added to my "authors to read" list.<br /><br />Read Our Hearts Were Young and Gay a long time age but enjoyed it immensely.Charlotte C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06605942260025762009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-12955058364572000942011-10-13T12:37:29.389+01:002011-10-13T12:37:29.389+01:00Oh I so love EVA and remember this book so well an...Oh I so love EVA and remember this book so well and loving it. Thanks for the review Simon.<br /><br />Vera is wonderful, dark and quite scary in its depiction of a mentally abusive marriage. I think it is probably her best.<br /><br />If you can try Princess Priscilla's Fortnight and also Introduction to Sally which is hilarious. But I love all her books and just say read them all!Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17739410242766153431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-45103422760781076152011-10-13T12:24:24.246+01:002011-10-13T12:24:24.246+01:00I'll echo others' sentiment of never apolo...I'll echo others' sentiment of never apologize for a lengthy post. I still haven't gotten to von Arnim, but this review has caused me to put her on the "lookout" list. I am curious...what happens when you get to 50 on the "must read" list? Will it be revised, or will you start a new one, or......? Thanks for the review!Susan in TXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550766549670690646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-40698319974379126882011-10-13T03:11:21.489+01:002011-10-13T03:11:21.489+01:00I've only read one and liked it very much. Tha...I've only read one and liked it very much. Thank you for a very nice review. Please do not apologise as to the length as it was such interesting reading.Mysticahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10941269615559681014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-66156428632707983192011-10-12T21:33:55.472+01:002011-10-12T21:33:55.472+01:00Of the seven Elizabeth von Arnim books I've re...Of the seven Elizabeth von Arnim books I've read, Fraulein Schmidt and Mr Anstruther is my favourite. It's slightly Cinderella-ish - a rich Englishman falls in love with a poor German professor's daughter. However, all does not go according to plan, and there is a cunningly ambiguous ending, which I am sure is happy ever after!Michelle Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499490029910905577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-24763780561033805912011-10-12T19:48:38.156+01:002011-10-12T19:48:38.156+01:00It's been a very long time since I last read &...It's been a very long time since I last read 'Christopher and Columbus', I'm not even sure where my copy is, but what a lovely review of it, really captures the flavour (from what I remember, anyway).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-16370821268780699082011-10-12T19:41:22.975+01:002011-10-12T19:41:22.975+01:00If you liked Our Hearts Were Young and Gay, you sh...If you liked Our Hearts Were Young and Gay, you should check out Emily Kimbrough's highly amusing sequel, We Followed Our Hearts to Hollywood, in which she writes about Young and Gay being made into a film (which I've yet to see). I love all of Kimbrough's books! ~ LeticiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-48651452416296615322011-10-12T18:12:45.089+01:002011-10-12T18:12:45.089+01:00Re books with twins in, I picked up Tennis Shoes b...Re books with twins in, I picked up Tennis Shoes by Noel Streatfeild to read on the train today, and there are some nice thoughts about Jim and Susan, and their twin-ness, and separate-ness.Myrtlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-17015995953288403732011-10-12T15:35:54.051+01:002011-10-12T15:35:54.051+01:00I love OUr Hearts Were Young and Gay and it defini...I love OUr Hearts Were Young and Gay and it definitely needs a reread. <br /><br />Meanwhile, the one book by either of them that has to same feel for me is Emily Kimbrough's Through Charley's Door, about her days working for Marshall Fields in Chicago in the 1920s.Susan Dhttp://www.destevenson.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-68133399866348930052011-10-12T15:32:47.441+01:002011-10-12T15:32:47.441+01:00Oddly enough, D E Stevenson's newly discovered...Oddly enough, D E Stevenson's newly discovered manuscript The Fair Miss Fortune (published this year by Greyladies) is also about 19 year old twins who open a teashop.<br /><br />The book is a charming and light-hearted period piece (written in the 1930s) but for me, not so Dessian as her other books.Susan Dhttp://www.destevenson.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-58693912265728840632011-10-12T12:28:53.478+01:002011-10-12T12:28:53.478+01:00Rachel was lucky to have you point out a copy when...Rachel was lucky to have you point out a copy when we were out shopping! I wasn't a fan of von Arnim's "Love" but you had me by the tea room bit of your review. And thanks for the smiles over your thoughts on being a twin!Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07415316482631852565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-78089740619401111602011-10-12T11:47:02.783+01:002011-10-12T11:47:02.783+01:00Great review! This book certainly sounds like a go...Great review! This book certainly sounds like a good one. I feel a little ashamed of myself for not having read The Enchanted April (or seen the movie)! I'll have to get around to reading something by Ms. von Arnim eventually...Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-90975367805713355852011-10-12T08:53:03.777+01:002011-10-12T08:53:03.777+01:00Great review -- never apologise for writing long o...Great review -- never apologise for writing long ones. I think you should read E von A's Vera next as it is a great novel and has a fascinating likeness to Rebecca (which it preceded by nearly 20 years).harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04470091985662379182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-65009639858206045182011-10-12T02:50:26.661+01:002011-10-12T02:50:26.661+01:00Our Hearts Were Young and Gay by Cornelia Otis Ski...Our Hearts Were Young and Gay by Cornelia Otis Skinner and Emily Kimbrough (1942): I _loved_ this book! It made me want to seek out other books by each. I did find one by Emily Kimbrough, written about a friends to Europe (sorta of a similar vein): Forty Plus and Fancy Free, 1954. Her own portion of that trip ending in London for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth. <br /><br />OHWYG: Several scenes come to mind occasionally over the years - 1) their stopover in Canada - 2) Emily (I think) having mumps (contracted in Canada?) & having to be muffled & secreted off the ship in Southampton - 3) their inexpensive pension in Paris that was actually a brothel, I believe. :-)nancy b thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14689071270691516915noreply@blogger.com