I’m a huge Goudge fan, but hadn’t actually read this one before. It’s odd because it’s clearly fantasy, and yet it’s also so very clearly Goudge–her voice, her descriptions, her concerns. I don’t think it’ll ever be my favorite of her younger books (Smoky House, for the record) but I did enjoy it a ...
This is at least the third time I've enjoyed this book. There is so much spirituality and sensuality in Elizabeth's writing. I've tried to read everything she's written.
Before coming across it while on a search of a unicorn book to review for Zombies vs. Unicorns week, I had never heard of A Little White Horse. I’m surprised by that now, because not only was it made into a TV mini-series in 1994 called Moonacre and a movie in 2008 called The Secret of Moonacre, but...
A story set in Victorian England with an orphan who moves to her uncles house. Her uncle is a man who is deeply involved in the local myths and legends and accepts them without question. Many years ago there was a conflict between his ancestors and the ancestors of the Dark Men and this has continu...
I didn't care for the cover, the poem, or the third paragraph: Humanity can be roughly divided into three sorts of people - those who find comfort in literature, those who find comfort in personal adornment, and those who find comfort in food; and Miss Heliotrope, Maria, and Wiggins were typical re...
The Scent of Waterby Elizabeth GoudgeWhen I was younger I really didn’t like this book. I liked almost every other Elizabeth Goudge book out there. But not this one. I think that Cousin Mary scared me. Anyway, my grandmother gave me her copy when they moved, about five years ago, I think. Event...
Her first book. Not as good as some of her later ones, but still quite spiffy. And it’s Elizabeth Goudge, which makes me happy. And the du Frocq family is absolutely charming. (September 2007)
I've been dying to read this book and it started off with great promise as we meet the characters of young Maria, her governess Miss Heliotrope, and her snooty little pet dog Wiggins. Maria has been recently orphaned by the death of her father and so they are all en-route to Moonacre Manor to live ...
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