If you've been following AUREA, you know about my passion for the 1920's and 1930's - not for nothing did I recently gulp up Juliet Gardiner's massive The Thirties, an 800-page exploration of that decade in the UK. So I was delighted when I stumbled upon E.M. Delafield's 1933 Diary Of A Provincial Lady, a best-seller in its time, in a 1982 edition that includes the novel's original illustrations - wasn't it wonderful back in the days when novels were illustrated?
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14 comments:
It is wonderful. I love an illustrated book.
Beautiful. I am a bit obsessed with the 1920's myself. xoxo
In a word, yes. Love illustrations (& that time period, though I don't know if I would've wanted to be a woman during that time).
GG would've liked to have been a cat at any time, of course:)xx
Wonderful indeed.
GIULIA - well, signorina Gattina, maybe in one of your previous 8 lives, you were a 1930's London kitty.
Meow!
Thanks for the blog visit...loving yours...quite eclectic.
I think that might be a good story. Thanks for the inspiration!
JILL - yes, I try to keep this eclectic so that everyone finds something they might find interesting.
I think illustrations may help this book, they give you a vivid grasp of that time, tha fashion, the ligestyle, and the book may be about that too, but otherwise, without illustrations one can imagine freely ..
stunning
xx
Beautiful illustrations!
ps. Thank you for your lovely comment on my blog!
I had my first ballet lesson last week and it was fun!!
Hola Mary Laure! aprovechando y hablando de libros quiero que seas mi invitada en un blog que estoy armando sobre critica de libros y recomendaciones, te puedo enviar un correo y hacerte solo unas poquitas preguntas sobre libros? gracias! a mi también me encantan estas décadas!
RINA - si, enviame un correo con tus preguntas! Como sabes, me encanta hablar de libros........
I do like the cars of that period and Art Deco..
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