Country Moods and Tenses
A Non-Grammarian’s Chapbook
Nonfiction, History, British, Biography & Memoir
| Author: | Edith Olivier | ISBN: | 9781447263609 |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan | Publication: | August 28, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Bello | Language: | English |
| Author: | Edith Olivier |
| ISBN: | 9781447263609 |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Publication: | August 28, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Bello |
| Language: | English |
'. . . let the townsman say what he will, country life has more variety . . .'
A contemporary of Cecil Beaton, Siegfried Sassoon and Rex Whistler, Edith Olivier is best known for her first book, the novella, The Love Child but was the author of a variety of both fiction and non-fiction, as well as becoming the mayor of Wilton, Wiltshire, in 1939.
In this biographical memoir, written during the Second World War and subtitled 'A Non-Grammarian's Chapbook', Olivier takes the five grammatical moods - infinitive, imperative, indicative, subjunctive and conditional - and uses them to describe village and country life in her beloved Wiltshire as it was in 1941, the year of first publication. Covering a range of topics - from the folklore and traditions of the local area, to the weather and landscape itself - Edith Olivier's Country Moods and Tenses captures a moment and describes a world which has, in many ways, been lost to us.
'. . . let the townsman say what he will, country life has more variety . . .'
A contemporary of Cecil Beaton, Siegfried Sassoon and Rex Whistler, Edith Olivier is best known for her first book, the novella, The Love Child but was the author of a variety of both fiction and non-fiction, as well as becoming the mayor of Wilton, Wiltshire, in 1939.
In this biographical memoir, written during the Second World War and subtitled 'A Non-Grammarian's Chapbook', Olivier takes the five grammatical moods - infinitive, imperative, indicative, subjunctive and conditional - and uses them to describe village and country life in her beloved Wiltshire as it was in 1941, the year of first publication. Covering a range of topics - from the folklore and traditions of the local area, to the weather and landscape itself - Edith Olivier's Country Moods and Tenses captures a moment and describes a world which has, in many ways, been lost to us.
