Showing posts with label Penelope Fitxgerald. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Penelope Fitxgerald. Show all posts

Monday, September 4, 2017

Daily Dose


From At Freddie's, by Penelope Fitzgerald

WONDER

"He did wonder -- he couldn't help it -- how things would go with a half-submerged piano."

From Chapter 8

Sunday, September 6, 2015

Daily Dose


From The Book Shop, by Penelope Fitzgerald

SOMETHING NEW

"British Railways delivered copies of Lolita from Flintmarket station, twenty-five miles away.  When the carrier van arrived it drew, as usual, a ragged cheer from the bystanders.  Something new was coming to Hardborough."

From Chapter Seven