Some links

[altariel]

A link from new_atalanta to a wonderful site about the life and works of Noel Streatfeild. It covers her children's and adult books. I'm going to have to pull Apple Bough off the shelf now and reread.

And I found this article about girls' comics at the BBC cult website last week. Make sure you read the bits about the Bunty strip 'The Boyfriend from Blupo', which is just hilarious.

Comments

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Oh you must get hold of Skating Shoes (I know it as White Boots) again, it is quite wonderful! I've not read Dancing Shoes/Wintle's Wonders.

I also sympathized with Petrova, surrounded by all these shining children. Perhaps Pauline eventually gives up films and comes back to have a brilliant autumn-of-her-life career on the London stage, with plays written for her?


And my horror when I learned that shillings no longer exist and it wouldn't any longer be possible to get "two and six" for pocket money - one of the great disillusionments of my life ;-)

LOL! That's 'old money' - I'm too young to have had my pocket money come in shillings and pence!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I will bring my 1981 edition with good illustrations to Britain and you will read it! :-)

Cool, thank you!


Hmmm...perhaps some fan-fiction is required

;-D I wonder if any was written for yuletide?

Spoiler for 'The Painted Garden'

[avon7.livejournal.com]

S'alright - Noel took care of Pauline. At the very end of the book she tells Jane that everything always works out - she's going to get to play Juliet in New York and then maybe London.

Avon

Re: Spoiler for 'The Painted Garden'

[avon7.livejournal.com]

*clonks self in head* Tells Rachel I mean.

Re: Spoiler for 'The Painted Garden'

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Hurray!