Novel Houses by Christina Hardyment
'Novel Houses' visits unforgettable dwellings in twenty legendary works of English and American fiction. A winning combination of literary criticism, geography and biography, this is an entertaining and insightful celebration of beloved novels and the extraordinary role that houses play in their continuing popularity.
'In this collection of 20 sparkling mini-essays, Christina Hardyment sets out to show how bricks and mortar make compelling fictional characters just as surely as skin and boneSkilfully deploying biography, close reading and psychogeography, Hardyment creates a series of charming house portraits, starting with Horace Walpole's gothic castle of Otranto (1764) and winding up with the equally crenellated Hogwarts, courtesy of JK Rowling (1997-2007).' * The Guardian *
'Novel Houses is a lively literary gazetteer to great imaginative homes…If you like nuggets about niches and gleanings about gables, you'll love this book.' * The Times *
'An enjoyable and nicely weighted tour of legendary buildings from English and American fiction, with Hardyment as a knowledgeable and (thankfully) unstuffy guide.' * Irish Times *
'This is a delightful, varied and perceptive book, full of insights that entice one to read or re-read the novels. It opens a fresh way of looking at fiction and sends one back to other titles one loves where houses are characters alongside people.' * Church Times *
'Novel Houses is a lively literary gazetteer to great imaginative homes…If you like nuggets about niches and gleanings about gables, you'll love this book.' * The Times *
'An enjoyable and nicely weighted tour of legendary buildings from English and American fiction, with Hardyment as a knowledgeable and (thankfully) unstuffy guide.' * Irish Times *
'This is a delightful, varied and perceptive book, full of insights that entice one to read or re-read the novels. It opens a fresh way of looking at fiction and sends one back to other titles one loves where houses are characters alongside people.' * Church Times *
Christina Hardyment is a writer and journalist with a special interest in literary geography and domestic history. She is the author of Writing the Thames (Bodleian Library Publishing, 2016).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781851244805 |
| ISBN 10 | 1851244808 |
| Title | Novel Houses |
| Author | Christina Hardyment |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bodleian Library |
| Year published | 2019-10-11 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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