tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942500966976732451.post1857649231341512812..comments2023-10-31T09:56:10.369+00:00Comments on Verity's Virago Venture: A suppressed cry (Glendinning)verityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825551404394913715noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942500966976732451.post-78196897108869262702011-05-20T22:28:03.870+01:002011-05-20T22:28:03.870+01:00Absolutely brilliant book - I have had such inspir...Absolutely brilliant book - I have had such inspiration from Winnie Seebohm. I too have turned to Thomas A Kempis at times when life has not worked out the way I wanted it to - "Out, out, brief candle", but thank goodness her letters survived for us today.posyzadokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04711935462313621671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942500966976732451.post-2883622749380584082010-01-27T18:50:53.496+00:002010-01-27T18:50:53.496+00:00Oh this would indeed make a wonderful companion no...Oh this would indeed make a wonderful companion novel to Bluestockings!<br /><br />I have come across numerous mentions of Victoria Glendinning recently in relation to Virginia Woolf.Paperback Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14579608422235511054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942500966976732451.post-65319188967697623912010-01-24T09:09:08.164+00:002010-01-24T09:09:08.164+00:00Hi Hannah - thanks for popping in. It is the same...Hi Hannah - thanks for popping in. It is the same Glendinning - she's also written a number of VMC introductions.verityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825551404394913715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942500966976732451.post-11979825196656943652010-01-23T17:15:54.928+00:002010-01-23T17:15:54.928+00:00This book sounds so interesting Verity, it is defi...This book sounds so interesting Verity, it is definately one for my amazon wish list... I wonder if this Victoria Glendinning is the same as the Glendinning who has written several literary biographies? Happy reading!Hannah Stonehamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11139146341592918233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942500966976732451.post-10976600134145146932010-01-21T08:56:02.005+00:002010-01-21T08:56:02.005+00:00Escaping - I want to read Bluestockings too.
Jane...Escaping - I want to read Bluestockings too.<br /><br />Jane - I hadn't heard of the Vera Brittain so thanks for mentioning itverityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825551404394913715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942500966976732451.post-70780554870351110282010-01-20T19:36:32.379+00:002010-01-20T19:36:32.379+00:00I'd only seen this one on the master list too,...I'd only seen this one on the master list too, but now it's firmly on my wishlist. I have Vera Brittain's The Women at Oxford,on a similar theme and I am very much looking forward to it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942500966976732451.post-9440839322811406872010-01-20T16:05:43.958+00:002010-01-20T16:05:43.958+00:00This is definitely something I'll look out for...This is definitely something I'll look out for too - like Rachel, its an area I'm really interested in. I got 'Bluestockings' for Christmas, which looks at women breaking into university education, so this looks like it would be a good companion book! Thank you for reviewing it!!Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15654716165687977221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942500966976732451.post-87150852463492632892010-01-19T17:24:57.376+00:002010-01-19T17:24:57.376+00:00if it doesn't Rachel, I will happily post it t...if it doesn't Rachel, I will happily post it to you :)verityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825551404394913715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942500966976732451.post-34479059240422572102010-01-19T17:21:26.451+00:002010-01-19T17:21:26.451+00:00I love the sound of this - I am fascinated by the ...I love the sound of this - I am fascinated by the experiences of the first women to receive a university education in Britain. I wonder if the library has it? I am off to find out..Rachel (Book Snob)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13669640788036671572noreply@blogger.com