So many riches here! I've loved some of these books from childhood too, like Joan Aiken but also Mary Renault. Pickwick holds a special place in my heart because I once attended a week-long immersive on the book as part of an academic program called Dickens World--like summer camp for Dickensians. This makes me want to revisit the novel, though the monograph sounds daunting. :)
Oh, my. This post evoked my happiest days as a reader, when I sank into the work of Uttley, Boston, Pearce and others who transported their characters into unknown realms. Wonderful as MOLLY AND THE CAPTAIN sounds, I want to start by immersing myself in touchstone books of my past.
Fascinating! I still have my copies of Jean Plaidy's The Young Elizabeth and The Young Mary, children's novels that she wrote about Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots. I especially adored the first and was obsessed with Elizabeth for a while. The beginning of a lifelong love of historical novels, the reading and the writing.
How interesting, that is the second book about (or inspired by) Gainsborough's daughters I have heard recommended in as many days. Have you read The Painter's Daughters?
When I saw the name "Anthony Quinn" on that book cover, I immediately thought of the Academy Award-winning actor who bore that name. But since he's dead, this has to be a different one...
So many riches here! I've loved some of these books from childhood too, like Joan Aiken but also Mary Renault. Pickwick holds a special place in my heart because I once attended a week-long immersive on the book as part of an academic program called Dickens World--like summer camp for Dickensians. This makes me want to revisit the novel, though the monograph sounds daunting. :)
Oh, my. This post evoked my happiest days as a reader, when I sank into the work of Uttley, Boston, Pearce and others who transported their characters into unknown realms. Wonderful as MOLLY AND THE CAPTAIN sounds, I want to start by immersing myself in touchstone books of my past.
Fascinating! I still have my copies of Jean Plaidy's The Young Elizabeth and The Young Mary, children's novels that she wrote about Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots. I especially adored the first and was obsessed with Elizabeth for a while. The beginning of a lifelong love of historical novels, the reading and the writing.
How interesting, that is the second book about (or inspired by) Gainsborough's daughters I have heard recommended in as many days. Have you read The Painter's Daughters?
I've written down a bunch of titles to explore!
No...but I'm Googling now!
The same name! Molly again! I'll put it on the list
I'm going to look up both of these. Thanks to you both!
When I saw the name "Anthony Quinn" on that book cover, I immediately thought of the Academy Award-winning actor who bore that name. But since he's dead, this has to be a different one...
Good old Zorba?