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At Mrs Lippincote's
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Elizabeth Taylor (1912-1975) is increasingly recognised as one of the best British writers of the twentieth century. She wrote her first book, At Mrs Lippincote's, during the war while her husband was in the Royal Air Force, and this was followed by eleven further novels and a children's book, Mossy Trotter. Her acclaimed short stories appeared in publications including Vogue, the New Yorker and Harper's Bazaar.
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“34th book of 2023.
I was inspired by https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5942822 to choose an author I'd read nothing of and read them all. Then, once all of them were read, to drop them over a number of days one-by-one (he did this with Annie Ernaux's books at the end of last year). I soon realised I don't have the guts he has. But, nonetheless, I chose Elizabeth Taylor as my author and rather than reading them all off of Goodreads and adding them all at once, I thought I'd read them all as I went and just promise myself that I would in fact read all 12 this year. So this is her first book.
And it reads like a debut. It's a little uneven, there's quite a lot of different things going on, but at the same time, nothing really going on. It's a homage to the books and writers Taylor loves, Austen, Woolf, the Brontes. I liked the portions about Oliver, Julia's young bookworm child, and her befriending of another young girl. There's quite a lot about resisting the norm of becoming a housewife and being your own woman and I enjoyed those sections too, but they didn't feel lively enough. The dialogue was sometimes humorous, other times fittingly reticent (being English). I think Taylor has some very good novels to come. I'm excited.”
About Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor (1912-1975) is increasingly recognised as one of the best British writers of the twentieth century. She wrote her first book, At Mrs Lippincote's, during the war while her husband was in the Royal Air Force, and this was followed by eleven further novels and a children's book, Mossy Trotter. Her acclaimed short stories appeared in publications including Vogue, the New Yorker and Harper's Bazaar.
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