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  • Angela Thirkell born (30-1-1890)

    From Ross Clark@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 30 16:06:47 2024
    "prolific and popular mid-century [English] novelist" (d.1961)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Thirkell

    The language connection amounts to a passage from _O These Men, These
    Men_ (1935), in which characters talk about the emotional effect of
    hearing the names of persons once known.

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  • From Aidan Kehoe@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 30 08:41:42 2024
    Ar an triochadú lá de mí Eanair, scríobh Ross Clark:

    "prolific and popular mid-century [English] novelist" (d.1961)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Thirkell

    The language connection amounts to a passage from _O These Men, These Men_ (1935), in which characters talk about the emotional effect of hearing the names of persons once known.

    Tenuous!

    I had never heard of the woman, I wonder how well-known she is these days.

    --
    ‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /
    How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’
    (C. Moore)

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  • From Athel Cornish-Bowden@21:1/5 to Aidan Kehoe on Tue Jan 30 11:03:05 2024
    On 2024-01-30 08:41:42 +0000, Aidan Kehoe said:

    Ar an triochadú lá de mí Eanair, scríobh Ross Clark:

    "prolific and popular mid-century [English] novelist" (d.1961)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Thirkell

    The language connection amounts to a passage from _O These Men, These Men_ (1935), in which characters talk about the emotional effect of hearing the names of persons once known.

    Tenuous!

    I had never heard of the woman, I wonder how well-known she is these days.

    I'd certainly heard of her (in part as the mother of Colin McInnes),
    but I haven't read any of her stuff (Colin McInnes's either, for that
    matter).


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    Athel cb

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