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Lady into Fox (1922), a novel by David Garnett... →
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Duc de Vincennes
Although there is a Château de Vincennes in what is now a Paris suburb, there does not appear to have been a Duc de Vincennes.
At different points in its history, the château has been (amongst other things) a royal hunting lodge, a porcelain factory and a prison.
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Lady Ottoline Morell
…which I knew I must read before going to Garsington
- says Antoin.
Garsington Manor, in the village of Garsington near Oxford, was the country home between 1914 and 1928 of Lady Ottoline Morrell and her husband, the Liberal M.P. Philip Morrell.
(Bookdrum)
All about Lady Ottoline Morrell: Biography, Life facts, Information, Pictures, Timeline, Childhood
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Alexandra cocktails
Alexandra cocktails to Charles a noxious concoction. An Alexandra cocktail consists of equal parts of Tia Maria, Rum, Cream, and Cream of Coconut. Shake with ice and serve.
(Cliffe)
The Alexandra cocktail mentioned here probably refers to a Brandy Alexandra (sometimes known as a Brandy Alexander). It is said to have been invented on the occasion of the marriage of Princess Mary (Victoria...
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Home they brought her warrior dead
Home they brought her warrior dead is part of a very lengthy poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, entitled The Princess: A Medley.
The poem (whose theme is the education of women) consists of a Prologue, 7 cantos and a conclusion. Home they brought her warrior dead is the first line of a section which stands alone at the end of the fifth canto; Gustav Holst arranged a musical setting for it in 1905.
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“Sir Harold Mario Mitchell Acton CBE (5 July 1904 – 27 February 1994) was a...”
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“Brian Christian de Claiborne Howard (13 March 1905 – 15 January 1958) was an...”
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T.S. Eliot (1888–1965). The Waste Land. 1922. →
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“Honoré Daumier (February 26, 1808 – February 10, 1879) was a French printmaker,...”
– Sebastian’s room had framed drawings by Daumier on the walls.
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A Shropshire Lad (1896) is a collection of 63... →
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Lyoness
Lyonness, usually written Lyonesse, is the name given to a mythical land that once bordered Cornwall, before being submerged beneath the sea. The Isles of Scilly are sometimes said to be the last remnant of it.
It is thought to be the native land of Tristan, the knight in the story of Tristan and Iseult. However two other places, Leoneis (Lothian, in Scotland) and Leonois (in the...
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“So all day long the noise of battle roll’d
Among the mountains by the...”
– Morte D’Arthur, by Tennyson
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“Et in Arcadia Ego ”
‘Et in Arcadia Ego’ (2) - Credit: Nicolas Poussin
Arcadia was a region of the Peloponnese in Ancient Greece, the home of simple herdsmen who worshipped the god Pan and sang to the accompaniment of pipe music. Over time, various poets (including Virgil in his ‘Bucolics’) began to depict Arcadia as a rural paradise inhabited by idealized...
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Ciro's and Pillard's
Ciro’s an expensive restaurant intended for customers from high society. The original Ciro’s had been created at Monte Carlo when James Gordon Bennett, the heir to the founder of the New York Herald, grew angry at slow service at his favourite restaurant there, bought it, and renamed it as Ciro’s. Today there are many Ciro’s all over the world, though none now in Paris (as far as I...
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The Diary of a Nobody
The Diary of a Nobody is a comic novel in diary form, written by two brothers, George and Weedon Grossmith; Weedon was responsible for the illustrations.
Serialised in Punch between 1888 and 1889, it was published in book form in 1892. It has never been out of print.
An extract from The Diary of a Nobody:
April 27 - Painted the bath red and was delighted with the result. Sorry to say that...
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Another Brideshead Revisited research site →
Bookmarks
Review
Setting
Glossary
Author
Summary
One great thing is that in the Bookmark section there are not only commebnts but numerous illustrations and maps.
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Food descriptions in literature
Has anyone ever seen a duck press in person? I’ve seen only pictures.
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Stained glass windows →
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Rex had been told about the problem of Sebastian […]. “Send him to Borethus at Zurich. Borethus is the man. He works miracles every day at that sanatorium of his. […] He takes sex cases, too, you know.”
So, does Rex believe Sebastian is a fairy, too?
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Stephen Tennant: The Man Who Stayed in Bed
By John Waters; John Waters has directed 11 films, the latest of which is “Cry-Baby.” Published: February 03, 1991
SERIOUS PLEASURES The Life of Stephen Tennant. By Philip Hoare. Illustrated. 463 pp. New York: Hamish Hamilton/Viking. $29.95.
John Waters’s review of “Serious Pleasures: The Life of Stephen Tennant” by Philip Hoare (Feb. 3) posits that Sebastian...
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Saint Aloysius Gonzaga →
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The history of teddy-bears
More Great Years: The 1920s - 1940s With the exception of the four years when World War I raged in Europe, the next 25 years were kind to the teddy bear. Mass production had not yet taken over the teddy bear world, and people still preferred to buy high quality, hand-finished teddy bears.
Because World War I interrupted the flow of teddy bears from Germany, new teddy bear industries developed...
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“Have you had homosexual experiences?”
“Yes, first at school, and...”
– Evelyn Waugh (Gay News, 14-27 June 1973)
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“INTERVIEWER: E. M. Forster has spoken of “flat characters” and “round...”
– Evelyn Waugh (Paris Review. 1963, Vol. 8. # 30, Summer-Fall)
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“I regard writing not as investigation of character but as an exercise in the use...”
– Evelyn Waugh (Paris Review. 1963, Vol. 8. # 30, Summer-Fall)
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History of Homosexuality in Europe, 1919-1939, by... →
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“Rail travel in Britain in 1923 was divided into two classes - first and third....”
– Charles and Sebastian travelled third class to Venice for the price of Sebastian’s frst clss tickets.
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