Tea or Books? #91: Familiar or Unfamiliar Settings? and Two Elizabeth von Arnim novels

Elizabeth von Arnim and settings of novels – welcome to episode 91! In the first half of the novel, we look at the settings of novels, and ask whether we prefer familiar or unfamiliar settings. In the second half, we

Elizabeth von Arnim and settings of novels – welcome to episode 91!

In the first half of the novel, we look at the settings of novels, and ask whether we prefer familiar or unfamiliar settings. In the second half, we compare two recently reprinted novels by Elizabeth von Arnim – Father and Expiation.

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The books and authors we mention in this episode:

O, The Brave Music by Dorothy Evelyn Smith

A Jane Austen Education by William Deresiewicz

Emma by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Passing On by Penelope Lively

According to Mark by Penelope Lively

Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively

Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner

Dorothy L Sayers

E. M. Delafield

Charles Dickens

Winifred Holtby

Vera Brittain

Illyrian Spring by Ann Bridge

Maria Edgeworth

Brensham Village by John Moore

The Moving Toyshop by Edmund Crispin

Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm

Gaudy Night by Dorothy L Sayers

The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi

Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Bowen

Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Behaviour of Moths by Poppy Adams

Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons

Westwood by Stella Gibbons

The Matchmaker by Stella Gibbons

Bassett by Stella Gibbons

Here Be Dragons by Stella Gibbons

Nightingale Wood by Stella Gibbons

Barbara Pym

Alas, Poor Lady by Rachel Ferguson

Dangerous Ages by Rose Macaulay

Keeping Up Appearances by Rose Macaulay

Crewe Train by Rose Macaulay

Potterism by Rose Macaulay

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo

Life After Life by Kate Atkinson