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Rhododendron Pie by Margery Sharp (1930)

December 4, 2019December 5, 2019 | Jane @ Stumbling Beyond Eden Rock

This is the desperately rare, long out of print, first Margery Sharp novel. It is the book that I described as ‘the book that I had thought would always be just out of reach’and I know that I was wonderfully lucky to spot and secure a copy that was not quite so expensive as some […]

The Sun in Scorpio by Margery Sharp (1965)

May 5, 2019May 5, 2019 | Jane @ Stumbling Beyond Eden Rock

In 1965, when she was sixty years old, Margery Sharp published a lovely novel that drew on her memories of a spell of her childhood that she spent in Malta. It was clear from her opening words that they were warm and happy memories. Everything sparkled. Below the low stone wall, beyond the rocks, sun-pennies […]

A Book for Margery Sharp’s Birthday: Harlequin House (1939)

January 25, 2019February 21, 2019 | Jane @ Stumbling Beyond Eden Rock

I think it is fair to say that this book is not Margery Sharp at the very top of her game, but it does have its own distinctive charms. It opens in Dortmouth Bay, a seaside resort town with a rather unlikely hero. Mr Partridge is an elderly widower, who has abandoned his duties to […]

A Book for Margery Sharp Day: Britannia Mews (1946)

January 25, 2018January 25, 2018 | Jane @ Stumbling Beyond Eden Rock

Every time I pick up one of Margery Sharp’s books I find both things that are wonderfully familiar and things that make each book feel quite distinctive. This particular book, that I plucked from the middle of her backlist, sets out the story of one remarkable woman and one London Street. It makes a wonderful […]

A Book for the 1951 Club: Lise Lillywhite by Margery Sharp

April 11, 2017 | Jane @ Stumbling Beyond Eden Rock

In 1900, Charles Lillywhite left his family’s ancestral home in Somerset to settle in France. He didn’t return until 1946, when he took up lodgings in North London with his daughter, Amelie, and his orphaned granddaughter, Lise. Lise Lillywhite had been brought up in the best traditions of French and English society, she was watched […]

A Thank You Letter After Margery Sharp Day

January 27, 2017January 26, 2017 | Jane @ Stumbling Beyond Eden Rock

I want to say thank you to everyone who played a part in this celebration of the lovely legacy of books that Margery Sharp left to the world. Thank you to everyone who found a book to read, and everyone who spread them the world. I found some spring flowers for you all. And for her, […]

A Book for Margery Sharp Day: The Stone of Chastity (1940)

January 25, 2017January 24, 2017 | Jane @ Stumbling Beyond Eden Rock

I have loved many of Margery Sharp’s books for many different reasons ; and the book I have chosen for Margery Sharp Day this year is the book I love for its wonderful mix of satire and silliness. Professor Pounce, a scholar of literary antiquities held in the highest regard, has always dreamed of publishing […]

The Eye of Love by Margery Sharp (1957)

January 12, 2017January 13, 2017 | Jane @ Stumbling Beyond Eden Rock

‘The Eye of Love’was the first of Margery Sharp’s books I read, back in the days when it was a Virago Modern Classic. The founder of the Library Thing Virago group – a lovely lady named Paola – mentioned that Margery Sharp was one of her favourite authors, I liked the sound of this book, […]

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