House of Fiction: From Pemberley to Brideshead, Great Houses in English Literature

Author:   Phyllis Richardson
Publisher:   Unbound
Edition:   2nd edition
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9781783526932


Pages:   480
Publication Date:   04 April 2019
Format:   Paperback
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House of Fiction: From Pemberley to Brideshead, Great Houses in English Literature


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Selected as one of The Times Books of the Year 2017 From the gothic fantasies of Walpole’s Otranto to post-modern takes on the country house by Kazuo Ishiguro and Ian McEwan, Phyllis Richardson guides us on a tour through buildings real and imagined to examine how authors’ personal experiences helped to shape the homes that have become icons of English literature. We encounter Jane Austen drinking 'too much wine' in the lavish ballroom of a Hampshire manor, discover how Virginia Woolf’s love of Talland House at St. Ives is palpable in To the Lighthouse, and find Evelyn Waugh remembering Madresfield Court as he plots Charles Ryder’s return to Brideshead. Drawing on historical sources, biographies, letters, diaries, and the novels themselves, House of Fiction opens the doors to these celebrated houses while offering candid glimpses of the writers who brought them to life. 'A lively tour of fictional property.' — The Times, Books of the Year 'A fascinating tour of real and literary bricks and mortar...[Richardson’s] research is formidable. Her book does much more, though, than track real architectural detail in made-up houses. It reveals key imaginative shifts in British authors’ attitudes to homes over the years.' — Sunday Times 'The real houses that haunt English fiction.' — Guardian

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Author:   Phyllis Richardson
Publisher:   Unbound
Imprint:   Unbound Digital
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 4.30cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781783526932


ISBN 10:   1783526939
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   04 April 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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A lively tour of fictional property. --The Times, Books of the Year A fascinating tour of real and literary bricks and mortar . . . [Richardson's] research is formidable. Her book does much more, though, than track real architectural detail in made-up houses. It reveals key imaginative shifts in British authors' attitudes to homes over the years. --Sunday Times The real houses that haunt English fiction. --Guardian


`A lively tour of fictional property' The Times, Books of the Year `A fascinating tour of real and literary bricks and mortar ... [Richardson's] research is formidable. Her book does much more, though, than track real architectural detail in made-up houses. It reveals key imaginative shifts in British authors' attitudes to homes over the years' Sunday Times 'The real houses that haunt English fiction' Guardian


`A lively tour of fictional property' The Times, Books of the Year `A fascinating tour of real and literary bricks and mortar ... [Richardson's] research is formidable. Her book does much more, though, than track real architectural detail in made-up houses. It reveals key imaginative shifts in British authors' attitudes to homes over the years' Sunday Times


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Phyllis Richardson has written several books on architecture and design, including the highly successful XS series, Nano House and Superlight. She has written on architecture, urban development and travel for the Financial Times, the Observer and DWELL magazine. She is currently the co-ordinator of the Foundation Year in English and Comparative Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London.

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