the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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Gabriela Cunninghame Graham : Santa Teresa: Her Life and Times

'Yesterday I finished the "Life" [the biography of Saint Teresa of Avila by Cunninghame Graham's wife Gabriela.] Ca m'a laissé une profonde impression de tristesse [...] I can say no more just now.'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Conrad      Print: BookManuscript: Unknown

Gabriela Cunninghame Graham : Santa Teresa: Her Life and Times

'Now the first sensation of oppression has worn off a little what remains with one after reading the "Life of Santa Teresa" is the impression of a wonderful richness; a world peopled thickly--with the breath of mysticism over all--the landscapes, the walls,the men,the women. Of course I am quite incompetent to criticise such a work; but I can appreciate it .[...] It is absorbing like a dream amd as difficult to keep hold of.'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Conrad      Print: Book

Gabriela Cunninghame Graham : Family Portraits

'I have just read "Family Portraits". I am a bad critic: it is difficult for me to express with the right words the pleasure that the reading of your charming sketch has given me; but when I raised my eyes from the page , it was with the very vivid feeling of having seen not only the long line of the portaits but also the beauty of the profound and tender idea which illuminated for you all the faces portrayed, the sad eyes of the dead with the flame of a gentle pity and a penetrating sympathy.'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Conrad      Print: Unknown

Gabriela Cunninghame Graham : Santa Teresa: Her Life and Times

' I have had the new edition of Sta. Teresa sent down for a leisurely re-reading. It seems no end of years since I read first this wonderful book--the revelation for the profane of a unique saint and a unique writer.Tempi passati!'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Conrad      Print: Book

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