Library

D. H. Lawrence: Song-Day in Autumn

"When from the autumn roses trickles the dew..."

Sep 28 •

Victoria K. Walker

Katherine Mansfield: Her First Ball

"Was this first ball only the beginning of her last ball, after all?"

Aug 28 •

Victoria K. Walker

Arthur Quiller-Couch: The Outlandish Ladies

"... in July, when the monkey-flower was out, and the marsh aflame with it."

Jul 28 •

Victoria K. Walker

Katherine Mansfield: The Lady's Maid

"Can I tuck in your feet? I always tuck in my lady’s feet."

Jun 28 •

Victoria K. Walker

Saki: Excepting Mrs. Pentherby

"What can one do with a woman like that?"

May 28 •

Victoria K. Walker

Arnold Bennett: Catching the Train

"The train... could be seen in the distance under the black sky."

Apr 28 •

Victoria K. Walker

Arthur Quiller-Couch: The Omnibus

"But the heart is far withered that cannot pity what it has been."

Mar 28 •

Victoria K. Walker

George Orwell: A Dressed Man

"Clothes against a meal."

Feb 28 •

Victoria K. Walker

W. B. Yeats: The Man Who Dreamed Of Faeryland

"He slept under the hill of Lugnagall."

Jan 28 •

Victoria K. Walker

M. R. James: The Haunted Doll's House

"Mr Dillet was startled out of a very pleasant slumber by a bell tolling One."

Dec 28, 2024 •

Victoria K. Walker

Algernon Blackwood: The Empty House

"They stood there on the threshold of their ghostly adventure."

Oct 28, 2024 •

Victoria K. Walker

William Caine: The Pensioner

"He had expected Miss Crewe to die any day during the past thirteen years."

Sep 28, 2024 •

Victoria K. Walker

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