At a younger age than this, Rosie did not care for Lewis Carroll
's Alice; she found her bossy and her predicaments baffling. Formative authors in her childhood included A. A. Milne
(less the stories...
Education
Rosemary Sutcliff
Rosemary's mother was probably her most important teacher. She told her stories which, no matter how outlandish and fantastic, the very young Rosemary accepted as literal truth; she later imparted all kinds of varied information...
Friends, Associates
Dorothy Brett
Brett moved in various distinct social circles. Augustus John
was an admired acquaintance. Virginia Woolf
, a friend, nevertheless commented in 1921 on Brett being one of the entourage of Lady Ottoline Morrell
, and...
Literary responses
Alison Uttley
This was a book very dear to Alison's heart. She felt that her mother would have loved it.
Judd, Denis. Alison Uttley. Michael Joseph, 1986.
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It was praised, too, by the Manchester Guardian, The Listener, and other journals, and...
Publishing
Jan Struther
Her link with the immensely talented and popular Shepard (illustrator of A. A. Milne
's Winnie the Pooh) was a boost to her career. Most items in Punch at this time were anonymous, but...
Textual Production
Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice has been many times adapted for the theatre and for the large and small screens. Both A. A. Milne
and the Australian dramatist Helen Jerome
produced stage versions during the 1930s, and...
Timeline
1908: Kenneth Grahame published his now-famous...
Writing climate item
1908
Kenneth Grahame
published his now-famous book of children's stories The Wind in the Willows, to unenthusiastic reviews.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
6 July 2011
24 December 1918: Nigel Playfair inaugurated the modern Lyric...
Building item
24 December 1918
Nigel Playfair
inaugurated the modern Lyric Theatre
at Hammersmith, London, with a performance of Make-Believe by A. A. Milne
.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
356
24 December 1925: A story in the London Evening News by A....
Writing climate item
24 December 1925
A story in the London Evening News by A. A. Milne
, We Are Introduced to Winnie-the-Pooh and Some Bees, and the Stories Begin, later became the opening of the children's book Winnie the...
24 February 1934: The National Council for Civil Liberties...