Author Archives: Miss Darcy's Library

About Miss Darcy's Library

I love books - buying books, reading books, discussing books, and generally admiring them from all angles (except the e-book). I also love tea, roses, and my dogs, and seldom pass up an opportunity to slip them into the conversation.

Remembering Will

Posted on February 10, 2018

Yesterday, the Globe Theatre in London asked its Twitter followers which words from Shakespeare had always stuck with them and which quotes inspired them. It’s the sort of question that lights a gleam in my eye – a speculative, ruminative, … Continue reading →

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The Consolations of the Forest, by Sylvain Tesson (2011)

Posted on September 30, 2017

The summer before my senior year of high school, we moved from Washington DC to Moscow. It was the first time my father had been posted to a non-English speaking country since Japan in the early eighties, and the biggest … Continue reading →

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James Herriot Country

Posted on September 18, 2016

And so, another school year is under way. While I did not relish sitting through endless, tedious start-of-term meetings, and bidding adieu to mornings in bed is proving to be a wrench, it has been fun catching up with colleagues … Continue reading →

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Classic Quilts, by Laura Beresford and Katherine Hebert (2009)

Posted on July 6, 2016

     A little while ago, I finally got around to reading Tracy Chevalier’s 2013 novel The Last Runaway, which tells the story of Honor Bright, a young Quaker woman who leaves England to start a new life in Ohio in … Continue reading →

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Here We Go A-Bloomsburying

Posted on February 7, 2016

My dearest friend recently moved to Paris. To the heart of the Marais neighbourhood, no less, where, across a cobblestoned courtyard and up six flights of steep, winding stairs, he occupies a charming, light-filled flat, all honey-coloured wood floors and … Continue reading →

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First Time Blurbs and Pitches

Posted on November 11, 2015

Ever since I finished my novel, a few weeks ago, I have been mulling over what I should do next. The task of finding an agent willing to represent me (never mind actually landing a book deal!) is rather daunting. … Continue reading →

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V For Victory!!

Posted on September 19, 2015

Relevant: the first 0:44 seconds. (The rest is just for fun!) © Florence Berlioz 2015

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