A very evocative description of Highgate Cemetery. I have not been there for a long time. The smell of wild garlic does indeed sound odd. Intimations of vampires, perhaps?
Thank you. Oh yes, good idea about the wild garlic. There was supposedly a Highgate Vampire stalking the cemetery in the 1960s and 70s which caused quite a stir in the media too! This was my first visit to Highgate and it was nice to be able to walk about freely instead of going on a tour, which is quite a recent development I think.
I've read A Room of One's Own a few years ago, and there is so much to take in. And so much of it its still relevant. I have yet to read anything by Richardson. Your reviews of her work have left me curious.
Thank you! Yes I feel like I need to read A Room of One's Own again for that reason. She makes so many wonderful arguments. I'm looking forward to reading her essay Three Guineas which is also included in my edition.
Thanks so much. I enjoyed Anna Karenina a lot too, it's a novel I would like to revisit in the future. I expected it to be very dry and difficult, but the way Tolstoy develops the characters is quite beautiful. I think Miriam is reading a very poor translation in Richardson's novel, which might explain a few things.
A very evocative description of Highgate Cemetery. I have not been there for a long time. The smell of wild garlic does indeed sound odd. Intimations of vampires, perhaps?
Thank you. Oh yes, good idea about the wild garlic. There was supposedly a Highgate Vampire stalking the cemetery in the 1960s and 70s which caused quite a stir in the media too! This was my first visit to Highgate and it was nice to be able to walk about freely instead of going on a tour, which is quite a recent development I think.
Oh I’m glad to know that. I have done the tour in the past, and I would like to go again, but am keen to wander alone. Thank you for the intel!
I've read A Room of One's Own a few years ago, and there is so much to take in. And so much of it its still relevant. I have yet to read anything by Richardson. Your reviews of her work have left me curious.
Thank you! Yes I feel like I need to read A Room of One's Own again for that reason. She makes so many wonderful arguments. I'm looking forward to reading her essay Three Guineas which is also included in my edition.
Enjoyable. Can't agree with Richardson about AK, obviously. And love the way you use the Woolf quotes: "light-fingered novelists"!
Thanks so much. I enjoyed Anna Karenina a lot too, it's a novel I would like to revisit in the future. I expected it to be very dry and difficult, but the way Tolstoy develops the characters is quite beautiful. I think Miriam is reading a very poor translation in Richardson's novel, which might explain a few things.