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At the Sign of the Green Dolphin; An Elizabeth Goudge Anthology
Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. Good, 1st Edition, 1st Impression, Hodder 1947. Thick Royal 8vo. 544pp. Good clean tight sound square, no bookplate or inscriptions. In bright gilt lettered beige cloth with occasional browning to upper leading corner and spine, also lovely original unclipped (12/6) coloured pictorial dustwrapper lightly chipped with slight loss to head of spine not intruding or detracting, formerly repaired short closed tear to foot of lower wrapp, sellotape tanned. An increasingly uncommon 1st Edition from this Carnegie prizewinning author.
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First published January 1, 1945
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Elizabeth Goudge
71 books907 followersElizabeth Goudge was an English author of novels, short stories and children's books.
Elizabeth de Beauchamp Goudge was born on 24 April 1900 in Wells, Somerset, in Tower House close by the cathedral in an area known as The Liberty, Her father, the Reverend Henry Leighton Goudge, taught in the cathedral school. Her mother was Miss Ida Collenette from the Channel Isles. Elizabeth was an only child. The family moved to Ely for a Canonry as Principal of the theological college. Later, when her father was made Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford, they moved to Christ Church, Oxford.
She went to boarding school during WWI and later to Arts College, presumably at Reading College. She made a small living as teacher, and continued to live with her parents. During this time, she wrote a few plays, and was encouraged to write novels by a publisher. As her writing career took off, she began to travel to other nations. Unfortunately, she suffered from depression for much of her life. She had great empathy for people and a talent for finding the comic side of things, displayed to great effect in her writing.
Goudge's first book, The Fairies' Baby and Other Stories (1919), was a failure and it was several years before she authored Island Magic (1934), which is based on Channel Island stories, many of which she had learned from her mother, who was from Guernsey. After the death of her father, Goudge and her mother went to Devon, and eventually wound up living there in a small cottage. There, she wrote prolifically and was happy.
After the death of her mother, and at the wishes of Goudge's family who wished her to live closer to them, she found a companion who moved with her to Rose Cottage in Reading. She lived out her life there, and had many dogs in her life. Goudge loved dogs, and much preferred their company to that of humans. She continued to write until shortly before her death, when ill health, successive falls, and cataracts hindered her ability to write. She was much loved.
Goudge was awarded the Carnegie Medal for The Little White Horse (1946), the book which J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter stories, has said was her favorite as a child. The television mini-series Moonacre was based on The Little White Horse. Her Green Dolphin Country (1944) was made into a film (under its American title, Green Dolphin Street) which won the Academy Award for Special Effects in 1948.
A Diary of Prayer (1966) was one of Goudge's last works. She spent her last years in her cottage on Peppard Common, just outside Henley-on-Thames, where a blue plaque was unveiled in 2008.
Elizabeth de Beauchamp Goudge was born on 24 April 1900 in Wells, Somerset, in Tower House close by the cathedral in an area known as The Liberty, Her father, the Reverend Henry Leighton Goudge, taught in the cathedral school. Her mother was Miss Ida Collenette from the Channel Isles. Elizabeth was an only child. The family moved to Ely for a Canonry as Principal of the theological college. Later, when her father was made Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford, they moved to Christ Church, Oxford.
She went to boarding school during WWI and later to Arts College, presumably at Reading College. She made a small living as teacher, and continued to live with her parents. During this time, she wrote a few plays, and was encouraged to write novels by a publisher. As her writing career took off, she began to travel to other nations. Unfortunately, she suffered from depression for much of her life. She had great empathy for people and a talent for finding the comic side of things, displayed to great effect in her writing.
Goudge's first book, The Fairies' Baby and Other Stories (1919), was a failure and it was several years before she authored Island Magic (1934), which is based on Channel Island stories, many of which she had learned from her mother, who was from Guernsey. After the death of her father, Goudge and her mother went to Devon, and eventually wound up living there in a small cottage. There, she wrote prolifically and was happy.
After the death of her mother, and at the wishes of Goudge's family who wished her to live closer to them, she found a companion who moved with her to Rose Cottage in Reading. She lived out her life there, and had many dogs in her life. Goudge loved dogs, and much preferred their company to that of humans. She continued to write until shortly before her death, when ill health, successive falls, and cataracts hindered her ability to write. She was much loved.
Goudge was awarded the Carnegie Medal for The Little White Horse (1946), the book which J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter stories, has said was her favorite as a child. The television mini-series Moonacre was based on The Little White Horse. Her Green Dolphin Country (1944) was made into a film (under its American title, Green Dolphin Street) which won the Academy Award for Special Effects in 1948.
A Diary of Prayer (1966) was one of Goudge's last works. She spent her last years in her cottage on Peppard Common, just outside Henley-on-Thames, where a blue plaque was unveiled in 2008.
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August 6, 2023
This is a collection of excerpts from other books by Goudge. They work surprisingly well as stand-alone stories, and I enjoyed the pieces I hadn’t already read in other editions (most particularly stories from Make-Believe).
August 12, 2023
This is a book about identity. It is a grand story; better than Boyd's more recent 'Waiting For Sunrise' because it carries a more cohesive and engaging idea, that of surface verses deep character and the circumstances needed to force deep character to the surface. A tough killer is reduced to a weeping child, outwitted by a homeless climatologist. It is a little irksome that the winners here tend to be the middle class but that is a minor middle-class quibble in itself. Another bonus, reading this book, is seeing all the plot lines dance out, spiral and engage again.
August 4, 2014
OK, so the target audience for this book is young adults and that is certainly the style it is written in. While I don't fit into that demographic I really enjoyed this book. Along with the story, there is actually some very good explanations of various technologies scattered through the book. In particular I like the way the main character takes time out to explain public/private key encryption. At the end of the book the author acknowledges many of his influences (not surprisingly George Orwell is among them). Like the author, I read 1984 when I first started high school and I think I might have been inspired to have another read of that classic.[return]All in all, a riveting reminder of what could happen when things go wrong with the Government.
July 20, 2014
http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/2308499.html[return][return]A nominee for this year's Hugo for Best Graphic Story, adapted and illustrated by Golden from a story first published by GRRM in 1976. I have to say that the story itself didn't hugely appeal to me - Martin's early work was very dark indeed, and the theme of animated corpses serving people's industrial, entertainment and sexual needs is pretty grim. I was also struck by a lack of physical variation among the women characters, as illustrated, compared to the men. Not quite my cup of tea.
June 11, 2014
Akwardly written - it just doesn't flow well. I finished the book out of curiosity, but easily could have put it down half-way through and been fine. I love Ludlum, and perhaps this is an earlier version of Lynds' writings. Several occurrences of events in the book are so contrary to normal activity that they become conjured for the sake of the storyline, and as a result the book loses reality.
August 7, 2014
Although it's the worst I've read by Disch, that doesn't meen it's bad. It is, however, silly. Very very very silly. I have no idea wether or not Disch used drugs when he wrote this book (or ever), but if he didn't, someone who did must have told him what to write. The characters sing and fly around, and the bad guys say they shouldn't sing and fly, and that's the plot.
August 14, 2014
This just didn't work for me, and I live this series. Strange interweaving of mental health issues that didn't really lift off. You actually need to concentrate in telling these stories a little better to really feel the impact. Also, was totally blindsided that Atantis was a complex. Read it and you'll see what I mean.
June 18, 2014
Anne Hutchinson refuses to back down to colony leaders who forbid her from preaching. When she is banished from the colony, her family must set out for a new homestead. An inspiring portrait of courage, though drably written and illustrated.
June 10, 2014
My main critiques of the book are that it does flip back in forth from younger ages of the girls to older ages, which can get confusing (as they are called different names as youths and older women). Also, I felt the story tended to focus way more on her sister than Gypsy herself.
May 20, 2014
It was probably really good when it was written in the 1970...
September 17, 2014
Similar to Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland. Kites, giants, fairies.
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February 6, 2022An Elizabeth Goudge anthology including excerpts from her novels, short stories and an essay, Dreams.
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