"I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve" -- Charles de Montesquieu I love books and ...

"Cecilia's and Emmeline's house was in Oudernarde Road, which runs quietly down into Abbey Road, funnel of traffic and b...

After I finished the novel To the North by Elizabeth Bowen, I realized that one of the most poignant themes in literature is that of ...

 Elizabeth Bowen photographed by Cecil Beaton (1943) via here The first season of the new Upstairs Downstairs  on PBS takes place...