Enjoyed this, thanks! Is the dunking in the whirlpool the harrowing outing that Orwell's son remembered doing with him, along with some other small children, in a small boat? That story sticks with one...
It would be interesting to know how much of the money to pay for it came from her. Her husband was a Unitarian minister, which I don't suppose was highly lucrative, and she did sell a lot of books.
Interesting post and good job I didn't try to guess the locations of the photos. I seem to remember reading a hair-raising account from a diver who stood on the rock outcrop that causes the Corryvreckan whirlpool just to see what happened as the tide turned ....
I suspect the rock may be named after the book rather than vice versa. It's said that Lawrence chose his book title long before he had any idea what his first book was actually going to be about...
Yes, I've seen that. I did try to fnd out what its local name was but it seems obscure. Lawrence is still quite a selling point in Wadi Rum. (Which is interesting considering it's very nearly a century since publication of the book, and over 60 years since David Lean's film.)
Thanks for sharing the posts.
Loved the image of Barnhill especially! Have read so much about it, but understood it better from this.
Enjoyed this, thanks! Is the dunking in the whirlpool the harrowing outing that Orwell's son remembered doing with him, along with some other small children, in a small boat? That story sticks with one...
Yes, I think so.
Interesting. I wouldn’t have pictured Gaskell living in a house like that; this has nudged North And South up my To Read list.
It would be interesting to know how much of the money to pay for it came from her. Her husband was a Unitarian minister, which I don't suppose was highly lucrative, and she did sell a lot of books.
It does look more like the house of a famous novelist than a Unitarian minister.
Interesting post and good job I didn't try to guess the locations of the photos. I seem to remember reading a hair-raising account from a diver who stood on the rock outcrop that causes the Corryvreckan whirlpool just to see what happened as the tide turned ....
I suspect the rock may be named after the book rather than vice versa. It's said that Lawrence chose his book title long before he had any idea what his first book was actually going to be about...
Yes, I've seen that. I did try to fnd out what its local name was but it seems obscure. Lawrence is still quite a selling point in Wadi Rum. (Which is interesting considering it's very nearly a century since publication of the book, and over 60 years since David Lean's film.)