Comments on: Celebrating Valentine’s http://victoriaconnelly.com/2010/02/celebrating-valentines/ Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:27:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Minnie http://victoriaconnelly.com/2010/02/celebrating-valentines/comment-page-1/#comment-420 Minnie Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:12:09 +0000 http://victoriaconnelly.com/?p=1495#comment-420 The guest post on normblog was about the Larkin series, so I had the decency and generosity to comment appreciatively on that. But golly, that's me put in my place! The guest post on normblog was about the Larkin series, so I had the decency and generosity to comment appreciatively on that. But golly, that’s me put in my place!

]]> By: Victoria http://victoriaconnelly.com/2010/02/celebrating-valentines/comment-page-1/#comment-399 Victoria Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:29:00 +0000 http://victoriaconnelly.com/?p=1495#comment-399 Hi Laban - I also really loved Triple Echo and Dulcima. No happy endings there! Hi Laban – I also really loved Triple Echo and Dulcima. No happy endings there!

]]> By: Laban http://victoriaconnelly.com/2010/02/celebrating-valentines/comment-page-1/#comment-398 Laban Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:10:33 +0000 http://victoriaconnelly.com/?p=1495#comment-398 Off topic - I've arrived from the Normblog link. A lot of H.E. Bates stuff is a lot darker than DBoM - Catherine Foster or The Little Farm, some of the wartime stuff - it's all one thing or the other with him. (and for a while in the early Seventies a few of my long-haired uni friends went around in striped blazers and ties, under the influence of 'The Fabulous Mrs V') Off topic – I’ve arrived from the Normblog link.

A lot of H.E. Bates stuff is a lot darker than DBoM – Catherine Foster or The Little Farm, some of the wartime stuff – it’s all one thing or the other with him.

(and for a while in the early Seventies a few of my long-haired uni friends went around in striped blazers and ties, under the influence of ‘The Fabulous Mrs V’)

]]> By: Minnie http://victoriaconnelly.com/2010/02/celebrating-valentines/comment-page-1/#comment-391 Minnie Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:12:33 +0000 http://victoriaconnelly.com/?p=1495#comment-391 Best wishes for a splendid day on Friday, Victoria. Just came here from normblog (I'm among the profiles), having read your delightful piece about H E Bates's Larkin series. What a lovely appreciation - and reminder of how those books brimmed with joy and gloriously straightforward, unashamed sensuality, all handled with generosity. Thank you! Best wishes for a splendid day on Friday, Victoria.
Just came here from normblog (I’m among the profiles), having read your delightful piece about H E Bates’s Larkin series. What a lovely appreciation – and reminder of how those books brimmed with joy and gloriously straightforward, unashamed sensuality, all handled with generosity.
Thank you!

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