In the early 20th century an easily overlooked square in Bloomsbury was the home, at one time or another, of the modernist poet H.D., Dorothy L Sayers, the classicist Jane Harrison, the historian Eileen Power and finally Virginia Woolf. FW weaves this coincidence into a moving biography not only of these writers but of a whole generation of women fighting for the chance at an independent and artistic life between the wars.
Square Haunting: Five Women, Freedom and London Between the Wars
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Edition:Paperback978057133066924/12/2020From a Bookshelf nearby
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As entertaining as it is fascinating: it turns out the poet's ancestors were quite an act to follow. (He did!)
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The first biography of this much loved author, bonne vivante, European, and John Sandoe customer, mentored by Aldous Huxley. Hastings' earlier biographical subjects include Somerset Maugham,... read more
Sybille Bedford: An Appetite for Life
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A compelling portrait of the writer and her engagement with her own world. Constructed as a series of essays on art, memory, painting, rank, property, appearance, etc., this is immensely rea... read more
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The author, an art dealer, was married to Gregor von Rezzori. Together they made Santa Maddalena, their home near Florence, a retreat for a firmament of stars from Bruce Chatwin on. A fine i... read more