tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post4630142178954077162..comments2024-03-29T00:37:50.677+00:00Comments on A Yorkshire Memoir: Review - V. S. Pritchett: A Cab At The Door and Midnight OilTasker Dunhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-27430483464447837212019-09-05T12:37:13.904+01:002019-09-05T12:37:13.904+01:00I guess his writing style grew out of his voraciou...I guess his writing style grew out of his voracious reading, which in his early life would have been Victorian. I have to be in the right frame of mind to read stuff from that period. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-82492932592656576172019-09-05T03:18:49.875+01:002019-09-05T03:18:49.875+01:00Pritchett almost lived the entire length of the 20...Pritchett almost lived the entire length of the 20th century. The things he must have seen and done. My concentration isn't what it was. I wonder how I would fare with his prose. Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886227825064266814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-53110677920879848742019-09-04T12:00:36.263+01:002019-09-04T12:00:36.263+01:00Should there be a link to a blog post? Should there be a link to a blog post? Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-13845777166109916552019-09-04T11:30:05.843+01:002019-09-04T11:30:05.843+01:00I could say something rude about the title of that...I could say something rude about the title of that show but I won't. Dancing never had that effect on me - apart from one time in Hornsea Floral Hall.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-92156130389752113632019-09-04T08:30:06.260+01:002019-09-04T08:30:06.260+01:00Actually Victor M Silvester. His baggy trousers we...Actually Victor M Silvester. His baggy trousers were for the ballroom. He wore them to Come Dancing. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-63768924963836004792019-09-03T11:22:37.190+01:002019-09-03T11:22:37.190+01:00Wasn't that V S Silvester, the man with the ba...Wasn't that V S Silvester, the man with the baggy trousers? Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-2114621137190083052019-09-03T10:45:55.581+01:002019-09-03T10:45:55.581+01:00Given your remarks I won't be hurrying to read...Given your remarks I won't be hurrying to read anything by V.S.Pritchett any time soon. Was he on "Strictly Come Dancing"?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-77864523269008406832019-09-02T08:57:44.217+01:002019-09-02T08:57:44.217+01:00Having struggled through it I wouldn't read it...Having struggled through it I wouldn't read it again. There might be better things to read. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-85062281487063791822019-09-02T08:56:14.963+01:002019-09-02T08:56:14.963+01:00He's one of the many "popular in the past...He's one of the many "popular in the past but completely forgotten now" writers. I read this again now only because I remembered being influenced by it many years ago, but this time I found it hard going.Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-51528317687317880532019-09-02T05:33:39.799+01:002019-09-02T05:33:39.799+01:00I don't think I have ever read anything by V.S...I don't think I have ever read anything by V.S. Pritchett, but some of what you describe here makes this sound interesting enough.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-69939215953551070442019-09-02T01:23:21.293+01:002019-09-02T01:23:21.293+01:00That's when my dad grew up and came of age, in...That's when my dad grew up and came of age, in abject poverty. I may give it a go.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-21013551711097928762019-09-01T21:33:07.840+01:002019-09-01T21:33:07.840+01:00As implied above, I found the autobiographies rath...As implied above, I found the autobiographies rather dry. I suspect his short stories are a lot more entertaining and am looking out for his collection "The Camberwell Beauty" which has good reviews. Again, though, some who have read it describe his style as dated. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-89759832291375927362019-09-01T20:35:45.588+01:002019-09-01T20:35:45.588+01:00I've always meant to read some of his work, bu...I've always meant to read some of his work, but have never gotten around to it. Now I'll add his 2 volume autobiography to my "to read" list too!Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.com