I just reread The Railway Children last night, and this morning looked up E. Nesbit. Turns out she was a socialist who got married at 7 months pregnant (in 1880) and lived in an open marriage, raising her husband's two other children as her own. Whoa.
I already know what I'm gonna call her. Got a name all picked out...
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
flea - Oct 30, 2009 5:39:47 am PDT #10300 of 28373
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-t - Oct 30, 2009 5:56:11 am PDT #10301 of 28373
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I just looked her up recently because I read a review of a new book that has a character based on her. The Children's Book by A. S. Byatt.
Scrappy - Oct 30, 2009 8:12:04 am PDT #10302 of 28373
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
God, I love The Railway Children.
flea - Oct 30, 2009 8:24:27 am PDT #10303 of 28373
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I rolled my eyes a bit when Peter is given the lecture about being a man and the girls are soft tenderhearted rabbits. But I cry at the end. It's also interesting, the kids are about 8, 10, and 12 - they seem *much* younger in some ways.
DavidS - Oct 30, 2009 9:11:55 am PDT #10304 of 28373
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Wasn't E. Nesbit quite the sexy babe as well as having the scandalous, revolutionary lifestyle?
Glamcookie - Oct 30, 2009 9:14:55 am PDT #10305 of 28373
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Re The Amber Spyglass, the part I was talking about was when Lyra and Pan got separated. Gah, so many tears!
Hil R. - Oct 30, 2009 9:15:01 am PDT #10306 of 28373
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Wasn't E. Nesbit quite the sexy babe as well as having the scandalous, revolutionary lifestyle?
I think you're thinking of Evelyn Nesbit, the chorus girl (aka The Girl on the Swing) [link] . E. Nesbit the author looked like this: [link]
Fred Pete - Oct 30, 2009 9:16:16 am PDT #10307 of 28373
Ann, that's a ferret.
(Never mind -- nothing to see here.)
Steph L. - Oct 30, 2009 9:19:36 am PDT #10308 of 28373
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Glamcookie, me too!
Glamcookie - Oct 30, 2009 9:22:22 am PDT #10309 of 28373
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Glamcookie, me too!
It was a real killer.