tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post5185894445961187630..comments2024-02-22T13:40:45.894+11:00Comments on Happy Antipodean: Book review: Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life, Hermione Lee (2013)Matthew da Silvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07158988637117138260noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-61656169203309356392021-01-12T07:04:21.226+11:002021-01-12T07:04:21.226+11:00Thanks for picking up on my mistake. Regarding Fit...Thanks for picking up on my mistake. Regarding Fitzgerald's legacy, no doubt I'll get around to reading one or more of her books at some point. I thoroughly enjoyed Lee's biography and have done as your stepmother suggested by her example -- read a book on the Mitford sisters (and also one on the Curzon sisters). More fun in store for me, I'm sure, as I explore further. Thanks forMatthew da Silvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07158988637117138260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-39736885775441293132021-01-12T02:22:16.544+11:002021-01-12T02:22:16.544+11:00As it happens, I embarked on a bit of a Fitzgerald...As it happens, I embarked on a bit of a Fitzgerald binge earlier this year - tracking down in libraries most of her books and in particular the quasi autobiographical ones. Actually I warmed less to the later historical novels, and couldn't finish "The Blue Flower" which was her big US success even though the subject (Novalis) and period is one I have an interest in.<br /><br />I marcelloushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10930944705601550230noreply@blogger.com