"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.

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)

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).

--
Athel cb