Tea or Books? #84: Sea vs Mountains and Her Son’s Wife vs Auntie Mame
Tea or Books?
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Dorothy Canfield [Fisher], Patrick Dennis, sea, and mountains – episode 84! In the first half of this episode, we talk about novels set in the mountains vs those set by the sea. The classic dichotomy. In the second half,
Dorothy Canfield [Fisher], Patrick Dennis, sea, and mountains – episode 84!
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In the first half of this episode, we talk about novels set in the mountains vs those set by the sea. The classic dichotomy. In the second half, we compare two very different novels about relatives – Her Son’s Wife by Dorothy Canfield, also known as Dorothy Canfield Fisher, and Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis.
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The books and authors we talk about in this episode:
The Vanishing Celebrities by Adrian Alington
Dorothy L Sayers
Agatha Christie
Beverley Nichols
Inferno by Catherine Cho
What Have I Done by Laura Dockrill
The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel
Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Heidi by Joanna Spyri
The Fortnight in September by R.C. Sherriff
Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Frenchman’s Creek by Daphne du Maurier
The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher
Coming Home by Rosamunde Pilcher
Famous Five by Enid Blyton
Jane Austen
Beside the Sea by Veronique Olmi
Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
In the Mountains by Elizabeth von Arnim
The Egg and I by Betty Macdonald
Katherine Mansfield
Idaho by Emily Ruskovich
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
39 Steps by John Buchan
Proud Citadel by Dorothy Evelyn Smith
O, The Brave Music by Dorothy Evelyn Smith
Illyrian Spring by Ann Bridge
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
In the Springtime of the Year by Susan Hill
Spring by Ali Smith
A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr
A Day in Summer by J.L. Carr
The Home-Maker by Dorothy Canfield
Stoner by John Williams
Travels With My Aunt by Graham Greene
Abbie by Dane Chanos
Fresh From the Country by Miss Read
A Thatched Cottage by Beverley Nichols