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Tuesday Musings
Mar. 22nd, 2016 01:53 pmFirst, from The Guardian:
"...Anita Brookner’s novels, populated as they are by self-effacing spinsters..."
"...Anita Brookner’s novels, populated as they are by self-effacing spinsters..."
"Spinsterish women, maybe. Spinsters though?
Assuming we're talking about protagonists only:
Assuming we're talking about protagonists only:
- Dr Weiss in A Start in Life marries and is a widow by the end of the book.
- Blanche Vernon in A Misalliance is divorced and her husband returns to her at the end of the book.
I concede that there's Edith Hope in Hotel du Lac.
(I'm going to have to read the entire canon, now, to get the figures, aren't I?)
Second, when I go to heaven I want it to consist solely of Len's backing singers. If there's anyone else there I'd rather go elsewhere.
Third, I have neither the brains nor the energy to wrest control of the keyboard from the cat to have a third thought.
(I'm going to have to read the entire canon, now, to get the figures, aren't I?)
Second, when I go to heaven I want it to consist solely of Len's backing singers. If there's anyone else there I'd rather go elsewhere.
Third, I have neither the brains nor the energy to wrest control of the keyboard from the cat to have a third thought.
