tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post953986320632241570..comments2024-03-29T00:28:38.155+00:00Comments on Nigeness: For Elizabeth TaylorNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-21843783272821859382008-07-04T17:17:00.000+01:002008-07-04T17:17:00.000+01:00"East Lynne" by Mrs. Henry Wood? A chapter of my ..."East Lynne" by Mrs. Henry Wood? A chapter of my dissertation was about that novel -- the best-selling novel of the entire 19th century in England. Not very well written, sadly, but filled with incident and adultery. A sensation novel, in other words.<BR/><BR/>But I've seen E. Taylor's "At Mrs. Lippincote's" in a Virago and I do believe I'd enjoy it. Having recently stumbled upon E. Von Arnim (*loved* "The Pastor's Wife"), I'm sure I would.<BR/><BR/>But now -- a bit o' house cleaning before guests come over to celebrate the 4th of July.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-74903648775582018372008-07-03T22:24:00.000+01:002008-07-03T22:24:00.000+01:00Nige, we would have a problem accommodating Liz, F...Nige, we would have a problem accommodating Liz, Frau Malty would have to move some of her Mrs Henry Woods and the current Madonna of the shelves Jodi Picoult, our summer house has now become the overspill library, this includes all of the stuff we would never again in a million years read, Aldous sodding Huxley, Tommy, yawn, Hardy, Albert, it wasn'a me, Speer et al, I will however persist, I cannot focus my mind on an alternate Elizabeth Taylor, she is, quite simply, the most watchable woman in history, ever. For all of her many faults she was, when playing alongside Montgomery Clift, the supreme move actress While typing this I am listening to the Mahler resurrection and picturing Raintree County, and enjoying Talisker No 2, don't let anyone put you off retirement, it has its moments.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.com