That, Strachey’s writing feels sincere, and not the product of stylisticĮxtremes. Writes of a time a whole world ago, of a self she has long since passed.
She says ‘those Victorian days’ (66) she means 1870s. Her in her 40s at most, extending her faculties back only a few decades. I learnt how old she was when writing this. I saw a writer whose style lacked justification. Not because I thought the writing poor, but On my first reading I held this against Strachey, her It feels more personal for its length, more like a small section from a lifetime.If those lines sound melodramatic, or ultra-passionate, Nothing is excessive, though the emotions are grand. It is a fairly quick read at not even 150 pages. If you are a fan of either, this book will likely strike your fancy. This novel is a short blend of Brontë and Rita Mae Brown. I loved the main character’s strength, which reads well from the frankness of the narrator’s tone. The naiveté and enthusiasm of our protagonist stands alongside a sturdy confidence. Instead, the author captures the ferocity of young love. The boarding school is not a terribly unique location for the queer lit genre, oft-told in pieces such as Maedchen in Uniform and its updated twin, Loving Annabelle, but this story finds charm and handles its tragedy, not settling into the same absolute self-pitying despair that a many queer books may tailspin. The elder Olivia narrating is self-aware of her hyperbole and height of emotions.
Balanced with a certain loveliness, it does not fall into a overly sentimental heap of first love. Its absolute frankness is one of its strongest charms. Atheism acknowledged in the first moments. Published in 1949, this book is remarkably blunt.
Olivia, a sixteen year old with an eye for the romantic, is sent to Les Avons where she thrives and falls for one of the female heads of the school. This coming of age/first love book is set in late 19th century at a girls boarding school just a short distance from Paris. Dorothy Strachey Bussy)Ī semi-autobiographical account of Dorothy Strachey Bussy’s younger years, this lesser read queer novel is definitely worth picking up.
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