Reginald Arkell (1882–1959)
Teoksen Old Herbaceous tekijä
Tietoja tekijästä
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Tekijän teokset
The Tragedy of Mr Punch (in Short Modern Plays) 2 kappaletta
The Round House 2 kappaletta
Richard Jefferies and His Countryside 2 kappaletta
Old Herbaceous [abridged] 1 kappale
Associated Works
Readers Digest Condensed Books: The Dragon Tree • Trumpets over Merriford • Dunbar's Cove • The Big X (1955) 5 kappaletta
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Adventures In Two Worlds • The Bridges At Toko-Ri • Old Herbaceous • Operation… (1954) 2 kappaletta
Selezione del Libro contiene: La signora e il giardiniere - Matador - Digby - Prigionieri del cielo (1955) 2 kappaletta
Eves without Leaves — Esipuhe — 1 kappale
Merkitty avainsanalla
Yleistieto
- Kanoninen nimi
- Arkell, Reginald
- Syntymäaika
- 1882-10-14
- Kuolinaika
- 1959-05-01
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- UK
- Syntymäpaikka
- Lechlade, Gloucestershire, England, UK
- Kuolinpaikka
- Cricklade, Wiltshire, England, UK
- Asuinpaikat
- Lechlade, Gloucestershire, England, UK (birth)
Cricklade, Wiltshire, England, UK (death)
Jäseniä
Kirja-arvosteluja
Old Herbaceous: A Novel of the Garden (Modern… Tekijä: Reginald Arkell
Heartfelt, quick read about an old man looking back over his life as head gardener at an English manor house during the Victorian era, the Edwardian era, and two world wars, as well as the comradeship he has with the lady of the house. Very touching.
I could read this once a year - and happily - touches my heart in all the best ways
not sure where I bought this - Borders bookmark inside - perhaps while I worked there?
not sure where I bought this - Borders bookmark inside - perhaps while I worked there?
"Una novela contra el desánimo", J.M. Guelbenzu, Babelia 21.11.2020: https://elpais.com/babelia/2020-11-20/una-novela-contra-el-desanimo.html
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Albertos | 5 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Nov 21, 2020 |
Albertos | 5 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Nov 21, 2020 | Well this one is just a cozy read that hit me in just the right way.
Spanning from the late 1800's through the end of WWII, this is the story of a manor house's head gardener, from his inauspicious beginnings as a foundling through to his last days.
I'm left confused about the narrator: for much of the story it feels like you're listening to Old Herbaceous himself telling his story as he looks back; in fact I'm sure it is him. But there are moments of omniscient third person: the narrator lets the reader in on conversations and the internal dialogues of secondary characters that Old Herbaceous couldn't know about. It flows well if you don't focus too hard on it; it didn't throw me out of the story so much as just slow me down a little bit.
This was the perfect book for a cold, rainy do-nothing kind of day, and I closed the book smiling.… (lisätietoja)
Spanning from the late 1800's through the end of WWII, this is the story of a manor house's head gardener, from his inauspicious beginnings as a foundling through to his last days.
I'm left confused about the narrator: for much of the story it feels like you're listening to Old Herbaceous himself telling his story as he looks back; in fact I'm sure it is him. But there are moments of omniscient third person: the narrator lets the reader in on conversations and the internal dialogues of secondary characters that Old Herbaceous couldn't know about. It flows well if you don't focus too hard on it; it didn't throw me out of the story so much as just slow me down a little bit.
This was the perfect book for a cold, rainy do-nothing kind of day, and I closed the book smiling.… (lisätietoja)
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