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Miranda Seymour
6 quotes
“Arthur Benson, one of the coterie of clever, literary-minded younger men whose company the ageing novelist relished, found himself incapable of sharing the enthusiasm of and for .”
Miranda Seymour (born 1948) first seen 1988 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (335 pages; 1st edition 1988)
“Today, the most famous scene from Mary's life and, perhaps, in is the stormy summer night at the on when Byron, his handsome young doctor , the Shelleys and , who was carrying Byron's child, decided to write for fun. This was the night on which Frankenstein, that best known of all Romantic works, was born. Its author was not yet nineteen. Frankenstein has become part of our lives.”
Miranda Seymour (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Usually dismissive of other female writers, Riding had praised Stein in the final chapter of A Survey of Modernist Poetry for using a language of divine ordinariness. It was 's idea that they should invite Miss Stein to publish something with the .”
Miranda Seymour (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In 1928 Edmund Blunden's was widely praised for its lyrical, approach. Sassoon's , also published in 1928, set the scene for the contrast between an idyllic, pre-war world and the savagery of war explored in his .”
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“Eccentricity has not always been encouraged by the prim editors of . Invited to list his recreations, omitted motorbikes and wrote instead: , and tennis. Identifying himself as of provided a greater source of satisfaction.”
Miranda Seymour (born 1948) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (270 pages; 1st published in the UK as In My Father's House in 2007 by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd.)
“The , constructed from rosy bricks and crowned with curved stone s, stands among the meadows flanking the , in the middle of England, a hundred s to the north of London. Starting life as a modest built in the , it was enlarged twice. An ambitious owner redesigned it in the , to incorporate a large carved staircase and a grand reception room on an upper floor. In the 1820s, the House gained a courtyard, a library and a lake. The estate, easily encompassed by an hour's brisk walk, is surprisingly varied in its landscape, incorporating traces of an and a trading post.”
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