Tea or Books? #62: Internet vs Bookshop and Mr Pim Passes By vs Four Days’ Wonder
Tea or Books?
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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