In the course of her brilliant career Sylvia Townsend Warner wrote superbly in many and diverse forms but never penned a memoir, properly speaking. However, from the 1930s to the 1970s she did contribute a series of short reminiscences to the New Yorker. Scenes of Childhood collects and orders those reminiscences, thus forming a volume that reads as a joyous, wry and moving testament to the experience of being alive. The collection evokes a recognisably English world of nannies, butlers, pet podles, public schools, 'good ...
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In the course of her brilliant career Sylvia Townsend Warner wrote superbly in many and diverse forms but never penned a memoir, properly speaking. However, from the 1930s to the 1970s she did contribute a series of short reminiscences to the New Yorker. Scenes of Childhood collects and orders those reminiscences, thus forming a volume that reads as a joyous, wry and moving testament to the experience of being alive. The collection evokes a recognisably English world of nannies, butlers, pet podles, public schools, 'good works' and country churches, but the resonances of these stories are universal - funny and touching by turns.
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Add this copy of Scenes of Childhood to cart. $2.59, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1982 by Viking Books.
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VERY GOOD in VERY GOOD jacket. 1st Edition. 5.5 X.75 X 8. pp. 177. Publisher: Viking Adult; 1st Edition (January 6, 1982) Language: English HARDBOUND: 177 pages ISBN-10: 0670620432 ISBN-13: 978-0670620432 Item Weight: 15.2 OUNCES. The autobiographical sketches in this collection span a Publication period from the 1930s to the 1970s and evoke a world of nannies, butlers, and English public schools.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-7¾"-9¾" Tall. Jacket has light edgewear. Boards have minor shelfwear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound.
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Very Good in unclipped and slightly worn dust jacket. 8.75 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches. A compilation of reminiscences from the New Yorker by the once-celebrated English writer; published posthumously; 177 pages.
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1982
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8vo, pp. 177. Donor's presentation on flyleaf. A nice copy in slightly soiled and price-clipped dj. Autobiographical vingnettes.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. DJ near fine / very slight corner wear. boards clean / square. text clean / tight. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 177 p. Audience: General/trade.
