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| Title | : | The Shrimp and the Anemone (Eustace and Hilda #1) |
| Author | : | L.P. Hartley |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 190 pages |
| Published | : | December 1st 1963 by Faber & Faber (first published 1944) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Classics. European Literature. British Literature. Novels |
L.P. Hartley
Paperback | Pages: 190 pages Rating: 3.79 | 277 Users | 29 Reviews
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Oh, L.P. Hartley, why are you forgotten?This is the second Hartley book I've read (the first was The Go-Between), and if anything this one was even better. Both of the books take a double view, with a main character seeing things from childhood and the reader having access to what the adult world probably actually looks like. This is the same technique that makes The House in Paris so enjoyable, and what I wanted from and did not find in What Maisie Knew, though of course for the latter, it may just be that I find James' prose extremely heavy going, like trying to swim through some kind of boring and viscous liquid.
I think perhaps part of the attraction for this book was also that I recognize this inner state, and this theory about child-raising: that correction is more important than praise, and that praise will certainly lead to being spoiled, and that being spoiled is somehow the same as not submitted, as expressing one's own will. Eustance's various terrors seem real and convincing and even, from the point of view of such a childhood, reasonable. I'd like to read the two others in this little series of novels, though I wonder how Hartley will hold up as his characters reach adulthood. Of course, the gap between an inner life and an outer one does not disappear with adulthood, even if it doesn't take the form of nightmares and a complete lack of understanding about capital versus interest. And of course lovely prose is good for all purposes.
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| Original Title: | The Shrimp and the Anemone (Faber Fiction Classics) |
| ISBN: | 0571070612 (ISBN13: 9780571070619) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Eustace and Hilda #1 |
| Setting: | Norfolk, England |
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Ratings: 3.79 From 277 Users | 29 ReviewsCommentary Out Of Books The Shrimp and the Anemone (Eustace and Hilda #1)
A treat, a rare treat, one of the most lovely and moving books of the last 100 years.A very intense, atmospheric occasionally delightful if sometimes slightly creepy introspective account of a young boy's interaction with the world, his inner flights of fancy, fears & hopes and particularly his relationship with his older sister Hilda. A gem of a book that captures boyhood, family, ethics and the time beautifully. If you havens read LP Hartley before as I hadn't then give this one a go. I am hooked and looking forward to reading the other 2 in the trio.Eustace is clearly a
The Shrimp and the Anemone by LP Hartley10 out of 10The Shrimp and the Anemone is a glorious, phenomenal, outstanding, insightful, incredible, rather short masterpiece that has been included on The Guardian 1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read list:https://www.theguardian.com/books/200...the hero of the chef doeuvre is Eustace and the formidable access to the mind of a nine year old is a fantastic joy and the main character is such a remarkable, gentle, brave, complex, intriguing figure as to make
Sometimes it seems as if it were the British who invented childhood, especially in the 19th and 20th centuries. L P Hartley's The Shrimp and the Anemone made me think repeatedly of my own childhood, of my own lack of understanding of the adult world, especially where money was concerned. At one point, Eustace thinks if he had the money, he would not have to do anything but hunt and shoot and visit foreign destinations.Of course, I did not have what Eustace Cherrington had, a sister like Hilda
* 1000 novels everyone must read: the definitive list: Family and SelfSelected by the Guardian's Review team and a panel of expert judges, this list includes only novels no memoirs, no short stories, no long poems from any decade and in any language. Originally published in thematic supplements love, crime, comedy, family and self, state of the nation, science fiction and fantasy, war and travel they appear here for the first time.
Oh, L.P. Hartley, why are you forgotten? This is the second Hartley book I've read (the first was The Go-Between), and if anything this one was even better. Both of the books take a double view, with a main character seeing things from childhood and the reader having access to what the adult world probably actually looks like. This is the same technique that makes The House in Paris so enjoyable, and what I wanted from and did not find in What Maisie Knew, though of course for the latter, it may
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