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A highly successful semi-autobiographical novel about a rural idyll
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These three, their patient nurse, myself, the gardener, and the gardener's assistant, are the only people who ever go into my garden, but then neither are we ever out of it. The gardener has been here a year and has given me notice regularly on the first of every month, but up to now has been induced to stay on. On the first of this month he came as usual, and with determination written on every feature told me he intended to go in June, and that nothing should alter his decision.
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These three, their patient nurse, myself, the gardener, and the gardener's assistant, are the only people who ever go into my garden, but then neither are we ever out of it. The gardener has been here a year and has given me notice regularly on the first of every month, but up to now has been induced to stay on. On the first of this month he came as usual, and with determination written on every feature told me he intended to go in June, and that nothing should alter his decision.
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great read.......2007-07-16
Great look at life for a monied, determined woman at the turn of the last century. With an Edith Wharton insight, the Countess shares innermost thoughts and treasured moments with the reader in a most enchanting novella.
No real gardening tips, but lovely narrative. I very much enjoyed reading it.
Portrait of a Charming, Intelligent and Practical Woman.......2007-03-04
I found this book in a dusty box of old books I bought at a garage sale when I was in high school. After I read it I began to collect her other novels which at this time were all out of print and could only be found in antique stores. In a way Elizabeth became my role model of how to be a wife and mother. I could have done worse. She referred to her husband affectionately as T. M. O. W. (The Man of Wrath). And of course what man wouldn't be a man of wrath in Victorian times. It was a good lesson in the difference between male and female temperaments. Elizabeth enjoyed her "guilty pleasures." She said she enjoyed reading seed catalogs during long winter months and admitted that the pleasure was probably magnified by the fact that she should have been wrapping Christmas presents. Elizabeth became my life-long friend.
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This is a most wonderful piece. I love the way Elizabeth always calls her husband the Man of Wrath; I love her wit; I love her descriptions of the forest silence and the Baltic Sea in winter; her children are always the April baby, the May baby, the June baby. Her writing is filled with phrases which could be lifted whole and put in a book of quotes full of wise words. Should be a classic, instead of moldering on a shelf. Thank god I own it! Probably written around 1900.
Surprisingly modern memoirs of Edwardian author .......2004-11-12
To me, this is much the best of Von Arnim's writing. Describing the joys and tribulations of a young English woman marrying a German aristocrat she centres on the haphazard creation of her garden and the activities of her children in an examination of European mores.
Her tone is anything but dusty. A top-selling author of her day she seems to have more in common with - the best - Sunday newspaper columnists of today than with her contemporaries. She battles both with chauvinism and the demands of running a country house which threaten to quell her free-wheeling attitude to life, in a style as fresh as it was at the turn of the century.
A delightful book.......2001-02-12
This book was referred to in Rosamunde Pilcher's "The Shell Seekers". It sounded interesting to me and so I ordered it.
Since it was written in 1898, it tells of a life very different than any today. As an Englishwoman, it was difficult for her to live in the stuffy German society in the city. Having a garden and house in the country where she did quite what she wanted kept her sane. Of course, having a houseful of servants helped.
She has a wonderful sense of humor while describing all the little things that she cannot do as the lady of the house. It must have been a very difficult situation.
I loved the term she gave her husband, "The Man of Wrath". I'm going to look for more books by this author.
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This travel story is shot through with the Elizabeth von Arnim's special self-deprecating wit and character sketches. There's the bishop's wife and her "personable" son, a dressmaker, and Elizabeth's long-lost cousin Charlotte who is trying to escape her pursuing husband
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May 16th.-The garden is the place I go to for refuge and shelter, not the house. In the house are duties and annoyances, servants to exhort and admonish, furniture, and meals; but out there blessings crowd round me at every step-it is there that I am sorry for the unkindness in me, for those selfish thoughts that are so much worse than they feel; it is there that all my sins and silliness are forgiven, there that I feel protected and at home, and every flower and weed is a friend and every tree a lover. -from Elizabeth and Her German Garden First published anonymously in 1898, this beautiful chronicle of languid days spent in a rejuvenating Italian garden was a tremendous bestseller at the turn of the century, its cheerful satire and fresh charm endearing it to millions of readers. The first work of its author, the Countess Elizabeth von Arnim, it would form the basis of her extraordinary popularity as one of the most admired literary figures in Europe and "one of the three finest wits of her day." British novelist ELIZABETH VON ARNIM (1866-1941) wrote numerous books, including The Solitary Summer (the sequel to Elizabeth and Her German Garden) and the work she is best known for, Enchanted April.
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Lady Caroline Linford is horrified to discover...
her fiancé, the Marquis of Winchilsea, in the arms of another woman. Unfortunately, Victorian society considers such masculine peccadilloes a trifle; canceling their imminent wedding would be unthinkable. But Caroline's wish is for the man she is to marry to desire only her...and she seeks lessons in the art of romance from the best teacher: London's most notorious rake.
Braden Granville may be a famous lover...
but he has no intention of taking part in Caroline's scheme -- until he learns she has something he wants: the name of his own unfaithful fiancee's lover. As their passionate tutelage begins, sparks fly -- and the lines between teacher and student fall away. Now there is just one last lesson to learn: on the subject of true love, the heart chooses its own unpredictable ways.
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Lady Caroline Linford is horrified to discover... her fiancé, the Marquis of Winchilsea, in the arms of another woman. Unfortunately, Victorian society considers such masculine peccadilloes a trifle; canceling their imminent wedding would be unthinkable. But Caroline's wish is for the man she is to marry to desire only her...and she seeks lessons in the art of romance from the best teacher: London's most notorious rake. Braden Granville may be a famous lover... but he has no intention of taking part in Caroline's scheme -- until he learns she has something he wants: the name of his own unfaithful fiancée's lover. As their passionate tutelage begins, sparks fly -- and the lines between teacher and student fall away. Now there is just one last lesson to learn: on the subject of true love, the heart chooses its own unpredictable ways.
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What a great find!.......2006-10-26
I'm a historical book nut and lately its been slim picken's in this book category. Seems like the same ole' stories are regurgitated all the time, that is until Educating Caroline. What a refreshing author! How did I miss Cabot? Not only is the story line original, but the writing is fabulous! There's plenty of humor (ok, maybe not hilarious, but definitely amusing) and tons of sexual tension between the H/H. I was flipping the pages so fast eager to get to the end and then I was sad to be there. One sitting for me and that says alot considering its 450 pages.
Don't miss this book! And disregard the bad reviews. I mean it's fiction for goodness sake!!!, so give the author a break if she ties the ending up into too neat a package. No hero or heroine is perfect either -that's what makes them interesting. The story wouldn't be memorable or pull you in otherwise.
I also highly recommend these authors in this genre: Lisa Kleypas, Sabrina Jeffries, Julia Quinn, Caroline Linden and Kathryn Caskie.
I loved this story!!.......2006-04-09
This was a really good story - very sweet, emotional, with sensuality enough to satisfy those who like such in their books. I thought the characters were very well developed & the plot was enough to hold my interest for the day and 1/2 it took to finish. I'll be reading this one again!
Very good book.......2006-01-27
A truely delightful read. Wonderfully developed characters and great light humor.
Delicious Victorian romp.......2005-08-31
Lady Caroline Linford wants out of her engagement. A natural reaction considering she has just walked in on her fiancé Hurst Slater, the Marquis of Winchilsea, sharing a "moment" with another woman at a party. Unfortunately, not only does her family owe Hurst for saving her brother after being attacked by footpads, but the wedding invitations have gone out and her mother refuses to cancel the wedding! Taking the maternal advice to fight for her man to heart, Caroline decides to ask for lessons in lovemaking from Braden Granville -- the wealthiest self made man in England, known far and wide as The Lothario of London. The man who also happens to be engaged to the very woman Caroline caught her own fiancé with.
Braden Granville wants out of his engagement. He is positive his fiancée, Lady Jacquelyn Seldon, is having an illicit affair, but he has no proof. If he breaks his engagement without proof, his fiancée will sue him for breach of promise. Although he can easily afford it, his pride demands otherwise. Imagine his surprise when Lady Caroline Linford pays him a call to tell him that she has seen his wife-to-be with someone else. No, she won't reveal who the other party was. Braden manufactures guns and Caroline really doesn't want to be the cause of someone being riddled with bullets (even if it is her own cheating fiancé). However, she is willing to testify in court to seeing Jacquelyn in the arms of another man -- for a price. Caroline wants Braden to teach her how to make love.
Thus begins a delicious romp through Victorian society that will leave you laughing with delight to the very end. With a rich supporting cast of characters, including a reformed crook named Weasel and a suffragette with a penchant for chaining herself to things, and subplots that converge at the end, the story still manages to revolve around the two leads: Braden, the wealthy industrialist who is haunted by his slum roots, and Caroline, a proper young lady torn between doing her duty and her heart's desire. Readers will find themselves rooting for this couple as they deal with unfaithful betrotheds, society's rules and a passion that can't be denied. With EDUCATING CAROLINE, Patricia Cabot shows us once again why she is considered a rising star in the romance fiction industry.
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ZZZZZZZZ can you get to the point!.......2005-01-20
I am a great lover of Regency Romance, but this was very boring to me. The whole story was very far fetched to say the least. I found myself skipping pages...a lot of pages...and still I wasn't lost (sometimes I which I lost the book). It got to the point were I didn't care, especially with Caroline, and that's bad when she is supposed to be the heroine.
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To keep her fiance true, she sought lessons in love from a notorious rake!
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Incredibly Good.......2007-08-01
I'm not sure if I could honestly say this is my favorite Drake book, but I'd be hard pressed to come up with one I liked more. The action of course is top notch. (It's a David Drake book so that's sorta a given.) However it's the mental process' of the characters that makes this superb.
If you've ever read any of his short stories set in "The Fleet" universe then you have some understanding of exactly how dark David Drake can write. There is a very similar feel to the characters in Redliners as in those short stories but with one twist. In Redliners there is redemption for the soldiers, a sort of fighting through purgatory to reach grace type of thing.
It's truly wonderfully done and i'd recommend this novel to anyone even mildly interested in military sci-fi
Understanding.......2006-12-11
I read this book for the first time before I joind the army in 96'. I thought it was a great read and the description top notch. Now ten years later and 2 combat deployments as an infantryman I now understand and the book finally reaches to a deeper level. You will never have budies like the ones you served with and you can't fully understand a situation untill you've experienced it.
Another Drake classic. One of his best, and a great stand-alone novel........2006-06-05
_Redliners_ by David Drake is an excellent book. It shows the chaotic violence of war, and the reflexes that survivors must develop in order to survive.
Sadly, many of the civilians protected by the sacrifices of soldiers have little appreciation of the dangers and hardships soldiers face. Most civilians have no idea at all of the mental changes that occur in soldiers who have been through battle, nor do they ever make any effort to find out. When the soldiers try to re-enter normal society, the irritations & complexities of everyday life are sometimes more than they can calmly deal with.
_Redliners_ is about a group of particularly damaged battle veterans. The Chief of Administration, leader of the (human) unity government, knows that the war against the Kalendru (an alien race) was the only way for humanity to survive. Yet, he feels guilty for the damage done to soldiers in the course of the war.
In an effort to atone, the Chief of Administration selects a whole city block for forced colonization of the planet Bezant. The survivors of Strike Force C41, all of them fine on paper but clearly "redliners" in person, are selected as guards. The Chief of Administration and his aide accompany the colony, posing as the mid-level bureaucrat al-Ibrahimi and his assistant Tamara Lundie.
There are actually additional reasons why the Chief of Administration, or someone with his level of cybernetic enhancements, needs to be present on Bezant. I won't give away all the details, but I will say that Bezant's native fauna and flora are some of the most deadly (and inventive) that I have encountered in the novels I've read.
As always with Drake, the action is excellent, but where he really shines is describing the psychology of the soldiers & civilians. The plot is simple & straightforward, the technology is fairly plausible, and the book is one that left me both cheering and sobbing at the same time.
I agree with other reviewers who describe this as Drake's best book to date. _Redliners_ is the corollary to _With the Old Breed_ by Sledge: _With the Old Breed_ was written by a combat veteran trying to help his family understand what he had been through, and _Redliners_ was written by a combat veteran trying to help society understand how to integrate these men & women back into normal life.
No movie of the week.......2005-10-05
I'll start off by admitting that I'm a David Drake fan, so until he screws up badly, my reviews are going to be positive. This novel is a nice twist because, while it has a military theme, it has no relationship to the Hammer's Slammers Series. It's about what happens to elite soldiers when they have been in combat too long. The government tries to give them a break by having them do guard duty for colonists. Unfortunately things go badly wrong, and they are thrust back into combat, but this time they have to do something other than fight and move. It's a good exploration of the difficult process of bringing combat soldiers home. The author handles it well by not turning it into a movie-of-the-week tear-jerker but leaves the philosophical analysis to the reader while putting the premise in the context of a great action novel.
A good idea done in by excess.......2005-09-23
If you like loads of action in your military SF, this book should definitely do it for you. The entire book from beginning to end is essentially an account of two battles. There is fighting, fighting, and more fighting, but for me the result was more exhaustion than excitement.
That's unfortunate, because the book looks at themes that for Drake, a Vietnam vet, are deeply felt. The first battle portrays Company C41 fighting aliens called Kalendru. After this desperate and brutal encounter, one of many, the company is declared to be redliners - unfit for further military duty and poorly prepared for a return to civilian life.
A plan is formed to rehabilitate the Company by having them accompany a group of civilians as a protection force to help colonize a dangerous planet. The plan goes badly when the dangers are beyond anything the planners expected or prepared for. The colonists are stranded in the midst of a dense jungle that doubtless also draws on Drakes experiences in 'Nam, but no terrestrial jungle was ever like this: Every form of plant life is a new hazard, and it soon becomes clear that a consciousness of some kind is behind the inventive and lethal threats.
An interesting set-up, but that's actually about it. The rest of the book is almost entirely the story of the march through the jungle, and far more of it is devoted to describing endless attacks and casualties than to character development.
The ending is only a few pages long, and, as another reviewer has noted, isn't clearly explained and feels tacked on.
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Who but Matthew Fox--former Dominican priest, author of countless influential books such as Original Blessing and The Reinvention of Work, silenced by the Vatican for his controversial statements about creation spirituality, and now an Episcopal priest--would combine rave dances with a religious mass? And who else would now attempt such a distillation of the world's religions as this book brings us? Combining writings from a multitude of spiritual traditions, Fox here puts into practice the idea of deep ecumenism that he has been exploring in a series of books going back to The Coming of the Cosmic Christ in 1989. To accomplish this task, Fox focuses on four categories of spiritual inquiry that he sees running like a river through all spiritual traditions: how we relate to creation, to divinity, to ourselves (this includes topics such as meditation, art, ritual, sexuality), and, finally, how we relate to the future, a section that explores issues of service and compassion, justice and spiritual warriorhood. He then concludes with "18 New Myths and Visions" that summarize his central message.
Simplicity and clarity are the goals of this book. To achieve this Fox weaves his own brief commentary through a series of quotations drawn from a myriad of traditions. While it may be faulted by some for this method of making easy connections between traditions, the book serves its purpose as a kind of primer for deep ecumenism. It will be especially useful for those new to such ideas, and to those who might otherwise never meet Hildegard of Bingen and Julian of Norwich, Hafiz, and the Sufi Ibn Arabi--not to mention Thomas Aquinas, physicist Werner Heisenberg, and geologian Thomas Berry--all sharing each other's company. --Doug Thorpe
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Isn't it time, asks Matthew Fox, that instead of trying to convert one another we delved into one another's spiritual riches? We get to the core of religion by going to the heart experience, Fox says, not by dwelling on doctrines that so easily divide even within religious traditions. In One River, Many Wells, Fox exhorts readers to embrace the common faith of deep ecumenism.
Fox masterfully distills the common principles of the world's religions, and shows exactly how the different fingers of the world's faiths connect to a single hand. Drawing on seminal quotes, lessons, and ideas from the great faiths, he demonstrates how each expresses a common goal and approach to life, and concludes with "18 New Myths and Visions" that will inspire readers to embrace deep ecumenism.
One River, Many Wells is an indispensable resource, envisioning a new and exciting way of faith that erases the lines of false distinction between religions and calls upon each of us to worship from our common heart.
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Diverse Paths but One Experience.......2006-01-01
This book by Matthew Fox is a wealth of information derived from many sources, the Old and New Testaments (Bible), the Koran, the Vedas, African religious traditions, Native American, Celtic sources, and Buddhism. Writing it must have been a huge undertaking but amazingly, the information flows *naturally* as it reveals the outpouring of Spirit in the lives of mankind throughout the world and over the millenia. Many of the experiences described are words which attempt to capture Divinity at work through particular individuals, societies, and their outcomes. The book is an *essential* exploration of mankind's relationship to each other, community, the earth, and the cosmos. It is an exploration of the meaning of Life itself. Like a previous reviewer, I had difficulty getting started. Initially, I tried reading it straight through but could not. Gradually, at different times, glancing at the chapters, I felt a surge of energy. The ideas and concepts explored by the author set my emotions and mind at ease. Eventually, I was able to "plunge in" and "swim" through the material with relative ease.
The book is divided into five sections, "Relating to Creation", "Relating to Divinity", "Relating to Ourselves: Paths to Encounter and Enlightenment", "Relating to the Future: What the Divine is Asking of Us", and "Where Do We Go from Here? How Deep Ecumenism Explodes our Imaginations with Eighteen New Myths and Visions". Each section has further subdivisions where the author expands on specific themes, such as, Creation, Light, Community, the Names of God, Form, Formlessness, Nothingness, the Divine Feminine, Meditation, Mindfulness, Art and Ritual, Joy, Suffering, and Dying, Resurrection and Reincarnation, the Spiritual Warrior and other topics. Each theme is given a thorough examination connecting many different cultural viewpoints and providing unique insights. The author's vast experience in the realm or religion and personal enlightenment, along with his courage to tackle controversial subjects is greatly appreciated and admired.
The author's vision for mankind is very broad and inclusive ... he sees beyond the barriers of dogmatic belief, ritual, and any other differences that separate people. He gets down to *personal* experiences as expressed by the Great Spirit of Life in the vast expanse of time both from the past, in the present and future. The subject is spiritual expression in the lives of humanity and how the many different ideas and experiences have only One source. This is a very highly recommended book for anyone who is interested in comparative religions and spirituality. Also recommended is "One Heart" by Bonnie Louise Kuchler. Her book is an excellent source of quotations and meditations from different religions and spiritual practices. It is a less complex but similar work. Many readers who find Matthew Fox too deep would benefit from her book. Erika Borsos (erikab93)
The Universal Church of God........2004-09-20
Fox is giving the hounds of the status quo a run for their money with this near encyclopedic outline about fighting the good fight. Those with an open mind and heart will find much food for thoughtful contemplation here. Fox admits his book is in no way complete. That it is meant to be suggestive of what future Scriptures will and must contain; wisdom from all Wisdom traditions, a bias in favor of what we have in common; a religious humility that lets traditions other than our own speak for themselves; a use of primary sources; God as experience, not doctrine... Fox succeeds in his stated goal.
This book is an encouragement for fighting the good fight. For becoming a spiritual warrior. Anyone can be a soldier telling the Emperor or their Priest or their Boss what he or she wants to hear. Being a warrior means taking a stand. A warrior has a dignity a soldier never realizes. The warrior fights his holy wars with internal enemies before going on any external jihad. The enemies of personal pride and greed and such. Anyone can be a brute, or a terrorist, in the name of God or Country. Fox points out that even in Islam there is a distinction between a lesser and a greater jihad. The greater jihad being that struggle against one's own demons. As the Sufi mystic Hafiz states, battle without love, can render a person mad. As I like to say, it does not matter what a person believes if they don't have love in their heart.
With that said, "One River, Many Wells" is well worth the read. It is a very good outline to work from regarding one's own spiritual journey. Fox brings to light what Meister Eckhart said 700 years ago, "God is like a great underground river." Thus "One River, Many Wells" is short for One Underground River (Source, God), Many sacred Wells-religious traditions. Again, as I like to say, God speaks to anyone that will listen. To meditate is to dig one's own sacred well. Be still and know that I am God. There are no atheists in Foxholes.
What is he thinking.......2001-11-18
It's hard to tell where Matthew Fox is and where he is going. His books have been a trail of hit and, mostly miss, wanderings.
He recognizes a common source for spiritual reality. And yet he pushes an ecumenical (and even New-Age) agenda to try and mold all existing beliefs into a vision that it cannot be. 'Only if the religions of the world would stand together...' These religions are organizations with their own agendas and systems. Perhaps Fox should listen to the Dali Lami who said that ultimately there is no reconciliation between the *religions* of Buddhism and Christianity. There may be one spirit, but not a single religion or even meaningful coordination of them. (Vivikenanda says that would be very boring.)
Mysticism is the root of all real spiritual experience and Fox knows this. But each religion is an outgrowth (and hence not true development) of the founder who had the mystical experience. The goal of any true (spiritual) path is personal experience. Fox keeps attempting to join all religions (forms) into a great ecumenical mandala and this cannot be done. Personal experience is always unique. It is wisdom that we can see from other beliefs. But Fox keeps on pushing in yet another book.
To be perfectly clear, his inclusion of various spiritual and mystical source in this book is commendable. Everyone else is realizing wisdom of many sources so why not M.Fox. However his approach is always one of 'Look how great what I am saying is'. He claims great visions and breakthroughs for humanity if we will just believe what he is saying. Check his past books. He always does this.
The inclusion and recognition of various sources does not, in his writings, yield meaningful synthesis. This is because there is no coherent meaning to be achieved through shallow or 'deep' ecumenism (joining of outward forms). Neither by dancing, or having estatic sex, or by bringing in ethics or spirituality to work (all themes of his). Neither volumes of writing nor diversity of inputs has meaning on its own. There is no substantial vision presented in his works that rises above religion (form) and beyond his own (elevated) concepts of how things should be. His previous books have not resulted in major changes to society and it does not appear this one will have much effect either.
FINDING IT ALL IN ONE PLACE.......2001-09-03
I had a difficult time getting started in this book. I'd picked it up and put it down several times. But once into it, it was a pleasant surprise. I read about spiritual matters and paths of every religion and each reading talks of it's own spicific area of knowledge and experience. But Matthew Fox picks a subject and covers it from all angles, Jewish, Catholic, Islamic, Hindu, Buddist, Native American, African American, even the Celtic and the Goddess. It's a great book and a great read. And then you know why you like to study them all.
As complete a tome of spiritual knowledge possible.......2000-12-13
Matthew Fox has outdone himself with this work, taking similar themes from the works of mystics spanning diverse traditions. To those who are regular consumers of Fox's writings, this compellation provides a "Bible" for his idea of "Deep Ecumenism". It is as complete a tome of humanity's spiritual knowledge that I have seen on the bookshelf. The best part- Fox has included sources not just from typical religious sources, but from science and literature as well.
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