“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” Many people will recognise this as the first line of Jane Austen’s 1813 novel, Pride and Prejudice and to modern eyes it sounds a very old-fashioned idea. Which is not surprising, it was written over twoContinue reading “REVEALED! WAS JANE AUSTEN WAS RIGHT ABOUT LOVE ALL ALONG?”
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BRILLIANT BOOKS IN BARCELONA
The fantastic old typewriter above is from the Hibernian Books bookshop. Hibernian Books (https://www.hibernianbooks.com) is a new and second-hand English language bookshop in Barcelona that I visited just before Christmas last year when my partner and son. I always look for a bookshop when I go anywhere, and it was lovely to visit this one!Continue reading “BRILLIANT BOOKS IN BARCELONA”
BOOKS MAKE A ROOM LOOK MORE BEAUTIFUL
Alice Walker wrote a book called ‘Horses make the landscape look more beautiful’ And I agree, but would further say that if you don’t have access to a horse, books make a room look more beautiful. Books and everything that they represent: information, entertainment, anger, love and joy, are portable receptacles of our deepest feelings,Continue reading “BOOKS MAKE A ROOM LOOK MORE BEAUTIFUL”
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