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The House in Paris by Elizabeth Bowen

November 20, 2020 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

This is a 1935 novel from the Anglo-Irish writer Elizabeth Bowen. I know her primarily for her novel The Death of the Heart, which always reminds me of the Cure song “Pictures of You”, but I think she’s also as well known for The Heat of the Day. This novel takes place primarily in Paris at a house on a single day. Henrietta has been promised a trip to Menton, the last town on the southern coast before you get to Italy. It’s a seaside town, and […]

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vel veeter's CBR12 Review No:609 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: elizabeth bowen, the house in paris ·
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A romantic man often feels more uplifted with two women than with one: his love seems to hit the ideal mark somewhere between two different faces.

June 26, 2018 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

I THINK this is the last novel left over from the novels I either was supposed to read for classes or would have read if I had taken a class I was otherwise intimidated by. Not that this is an intimidating novel, but it was on the list. Elizabeth Bowen is an Irish writer who worked from the 1920s through the 1970s. She shares some similarities with Iris Murdoch in that while Irish, the bulk of her work takes places in England. This novel involves […]

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vel veeter's CBR10 Review No:220 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: elizabeth bowen, the death of the heart ·
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