Tea or Books? #104: Do We Care What Characters Dream? and William – an Englishman vs The Great Fortune

Olivia Manning, Cicely Hamilton and dreams – welcome to episode 104 of ‘Tea or Books?’! In the first half of this episode, Rachel and I discuss whether or not we like dreams in books, and how different authors use them.

Olivia Manning, Cicely Hamilton and dreams – welcome to episode 104 of ‘Tea or Books?’!

In the first half of this episode, Rachel and I discuss whether or not we like dreams in books, and how different authors use them. In the second half, we compare two novels about couples on the brink of World Wars – The Great Fortune by Olivia Manning and William – an Englishman by Cicely Hamilton.

The podcasts I was a guest on are Lost Ladies of Lit and The Mookse and the Gripes – go and check them out!

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The books we mention in this episode are:

O, The Brave Music by Dorothy Evelyn Smith

Lady Audley’s Secret by M.E. Braddon

The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole

Longbourn by Jo Baker

Dreaming of Rose by Sarah LeFanu

Rose Macaulay by Sarah LeFanu

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

Elizabeth Goudge

Dangerous Ages by Rose Macaulay

Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield

Tom’s Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce

Moondial by Helen Cresswell

A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller

All My Sons by Arthur Miller

The Crucible by Arthur Miller

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

Arcadia by Tom Stoppard

The Flick by Annie Baker

John by Annie Baker

The Watsons by Laura Wade

Home, I’m Darling by Laura Wade

Posh by Laura Wade

White Noise by Suzan-Lori Parks

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

Private Lives by Noel Coward

Still Life by Noel Coward

Hay Fever by Noel Coward

Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward

The Dover Road by A.A. Milne

Mr Pim Passes By by A.A. Milne

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

Lungs by Duncan Macmillan

People, Places and Things by Duncan Macmillan

The Balkan Trilogy by Olivia Manning

Charles Dickens

George Orwell

School for Love by Olivia Manning

The Feast by Margaret Kennedy

Grand Canyon by Vita Sackville-West