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    Three Houses

    By Angela Thirkell

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    "There is always in our minds the hope that we may find again those golden unhastening days and wake up and dream." - Angela Thirkell


    Angela Thirkell, the cousin of Rudyard Kipling and the granddaughter of celebrated Pre-Raphaelite painter Sir Edward Burne-Jones, was an eminent twentieth century literary figure, and wrote avidly until her death in 1961. In her beautifully nostalgic memoirs, she recalls in rich detail the three houses in which she grew up and the childhood memories their walls contain. Thirkell's elaborate portraits of the three houses - The Grange in Fulham, 27 Young Street in Kensington Square, and North End House in Rottingdean - offer an invaluable insight into late Victorian life. Her recounting of forbidden explorations, Punch and Judy shows, and adventures in the garden are beautifully evocative of the innocent quality of childhood, and the personal recollections of her famous grandfather present a loving family man behind the renown. The exposure to music, art and literature that Thirkell details in her exploration of her beloved three houses foreshadows her later fictional creations - her Barsetshire novels.


    Three Houses allows us a snapshot of history from the busy literary centre of London to the English coast. Charmingly expressive, these stunning memoirs are both reminiscent of the golden days of youth and an interesting vision of a writer and the early influences that informed her later work.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAllison & Busby
    Release dateOct 29, 2012
    ISBN9780749012342
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    • 3/5
      This memoir of early childhood was published before Angela Thirkell had established herself as a popular novelist. It was an entertaining read, with its nostalgia for carefree days of exploring her grandparents' sprawling, oddly composed house with her siblings and cousins. Thirkell's grandfather was the pre-Raphaelite artist, Edward Burne-Jones, who collaborated with William Morris on stained glass windows, as well as making a name for himself as a painter. As a child, Angela was sometimes allowed to sit in her grandfather's studio while he worked. She was also related through her mother to Stanley Baldwin and to Rudyard Kipling, whose daughter Josephine was her best friend during brief happy holiday intervals at North End House and The Elms, before Josephine tragically died at a very young age. As with most memoirs, it is hard to imagine remembering so much of one's childhood, or that so many marvelous and memorable things could have happened in such a short time. But it is delightful to surrender to the author's tales, just as she and her contemporaries did to "Uncle Ruddy's" renditions of his "Just So Stories".
    • 4/5
      The charming autobiography of an idealised childhood.