Tea or Books? #95: Woolf vs Austen and The Foolish Gentlewoman vs The Half-Crown House

Jane Austen, Virginia Woolf, Margery Sharp, Helen Ashton – welcome to episode 95. In the first half, we take a detour from our usual practice and pit two authors against each other. And it’s two very big hitters – Jane

Jane Austen, Virginia Woolf, Margery Sharp, Helen Ashton – welcome to episode 95.

In the first half, we take a detour from our usual practice and pit two authors against each other. And it’s two very big hitters – Jane Austen and Virginia Woolf, suggested by my friend Paul.

In the second half, we look at two post-war novels about houses – The Foolish Gentlewoman by Margery Sharp and The Half-Crown House by Helen Ashton.

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The books and authors we mention in this episode are everything by Jane Austen and Virginia Woolf [!] and:

There is a Fortress by Winifred Peck

House-Bound by Winifred Peck

Bewildering Cares by Winifred Peck

Arrest the Bishop by Winifred Peck

Summer by Ali Smith

Winter by Ali Smith

The Knox Brothers by Penelope Fitzgerald

Charlotte Mew by Penelope Fitzgerald

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne

Frenchman’s Creek by Daphne du Maurier

Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner

Mapp and Lucia by E.F. Benson

Bricks and Mortar by Helen Ashton

The Village by Marghanita Laski

Tadpole Hall by Helen Ashton

Joanna at Littlefold by Helen Ashton

Yeoman’s Hospital by Helen Ashton

The Captain Comes Home by Helen Ashton

Angela Thirkell

Cluny Brown by Margery Sharp

Crampton Hodnet by Barbara Pym

A Glass of Blessings by Barbara Pym

The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym by Paula Byrne