Two novels by A.A. Milne and we get deep about Amazon.   In the first half, we talk buying books in bookshops vs buying books online – taking our cue from a suggestion by Karen – and then we wander

Two novels by A.A. Milne and we get deep about Amazon.


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In the first half, we talk buying books in bookshops vs buying books online – taking our cue from a suggestion by Karen – and then we wander into a discussion about Amazon that isn’t especially conclusive. In the second half, we compare two books by my favourite (probably) author – Mr Pim Passes By and Four Days’ Wonder. You can see a filming of the play Mr Pim Passes By on YouTube.


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The books and authors we mention – including a mass of Hardy! – are:


Heat Wave by Penelope Lively

A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy

The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy

Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

Tess of the D’Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy

In a Summer Season by Elizabeth Taylor

Hons and Rebels by Jessica Mitford

Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers

Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

Hackenfeller’s Ape by Brigid Brophy

Edith Olivier

The Dover Road by A.A. Milne

Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne

R.C. Sherriff

The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne

Patricia Brent, Spinster by Herbert Jenkins

Chloe Marr by A.A. Milne

Two People by A.A. Milne

The Table Near The Band by A.A. Milne

The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald

The Education of Harriet Hatfield by May Sarton

Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley