‘Throw a stone at an elegant Edwardian woman, and Henry James will be sitting in the background, making witty remarks and slowly masticating his food.´ Made me laugh and the rest of your essay is so witty, I laughed more. Plus, learned a lot. Thank you!
Brilliant, funny and illuminating as ever. Re the Woolf letters, I did buy Vol 5 with intro by Siri Hustvedt which was... ok, but not hugely enlightening. But then I only had the Selected Letters before, so I'm pleased with my purchase and the editors say it's the unexpurgated text so that swung it for me.
‘Throw a stone at an elegant Edwardian woman, and Henry James will be sitting in the background, making witty remarks and slowly masticating his food.´ Made me laugh and the rest of your essay is so witty, I laughed more. Plus, learned a lot. Thank you!
Love that final quote from Wharton :D
Brilliant, funny and illuminating as ever. Re the Woolf letters, I did buy Vol 5 with intro by Siri Hustvedt which was... ok, but not hugely enlightening. But then I only had the Selected Letters before, so I'm pleased with my purchase and the editors say it's the unexpurgated text so that swung it for me.
Thank you!! This is very good to know re: Vol 5; I will put it in my list!
Ethel Smyth radiating major butch energy! Hallo! :)