Olivia Manning, Cicely Hamilton and dreams – welcome to episode 104 of ‘Tea or Books?’!
In the first half of this episode, Rachel and I discuss whether or not we like dreams in books, and how different authors use them. In the second half, we compare two novels about couples on the brink of World Wars – The Great Fortune by Olivia Manning and William – an Englishman by Cicely Hamilton.
The podcasts I was a guest on are Lost Ladies of Lit and The Mookse and the Gripes – go and check them out!
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The books we mention in this episode are:
O, The Brave Music by Dorothy Evelyn Smith
Lady Audley’s Secret by M.E. Braddon
The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
Longbourn by Jo Baker
Dreaming of Rose by Sarah LeFanu
Rose Macaulay by Sarah LeFanu
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Elizabeth Goudge
Dangerous Ages by Rose Macaulay
Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield
Tom’s Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce
Moondial by Helen Cresswell
A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller
All My Sons by Arthur Miller
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
Arcadia by Tom Stoppard
The Flick by Annie Baker
John by Annie Baker
The Watsons by Laura Wade
Home, I’m Darling by Laura Wade
Posh by Laura Wade
White Noise by Suzan-Lori Parks
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Private Lives by Noel Coward
Still Life by Noel Coward
Hay Fever by Noel Coward
Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward
The Dover Road by A.A. Milne
Mr Pim Passes By by A.A. Milne
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
Lungs by Duncan Macmillan
People, Places and Things by Duncan Macmillan
The Balkan Trilogy by Olivia Manning
Charles Dickens
George Orwell
School for Love by Olivia Manning
The Feast by Margaret Kennedy
Grand Canyon by Vita Sackville-West
Sounds like another excellent episode. So enjoy listening and sending my thanks!
Kind regards
Thank you Bronwen!
Neither likes Alan Ayckbourn? Seasons Greetings and The Norman Conquests? Noel Coward never gets old – also Terence Rattigan. I guess you can’t remember everything when you’re “on the spot”. Another enjoyable podcast guys! 👍
Oh I love Ayckbourn! The list wasn’t exhaustive :D I’ve only seen a couple of Rattigans, but also really like them.
I’m not averse to dreams in books if they work well – often in great children’s literature. Marianne Dreams by Catherine Storr springs to mind – wonderful book. Despite Guy being the most irritating man in fiction, the Manning books are wonderful!