L. P. Hartley

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The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.






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A Work in Progress: L.P. Hartley's The Go-Between
I've been thinking a lot lately about LP Hartley's novel, The Go-Between, a brilliant evocation of the loss of childhood innocence. It's a story that works well on so many levels. It's elegantly written with layers of meaning, and a...
?The past is a foreign country? ?L.P. Hartley « rudhro's ruminatoria
But in a society that looks ahead mere months at a time, the short term is enough. Save a façade or two, put up a plaque, and hope for the best. ?The past is a foreign country,? wrote L.P. Hartley, but it's one we'd all like to visit. ...
The Go-Between by LP Hartley
"The past is a foreign country, they do things differently there," begins LP Hartley's classic 1953 novel, The Go-Between, often cited as one of the best books of the last century and a key inspiration behind Ian McKewan's Atonement. ...
The Go-Between by LP Hartley, 1st. Chapter
The Go-Between by LP Hartley, 1st. Chapter. When one long, hot summer, young Leo is staying with a school-friend at Brandham Hall, he beings to act as a messenger between Ted, the farmer, and Marian, the beautiful young woman up at the ...
. A Book every Six Days .: Review:- Janie BOLITHO ? ?Lessons in Logic?
L P Hartley - "The Go-Between" (1953) Another 'classic' which probably gives away my age (or at least my era) . A moving and tragic tale of thirteen year old Leo Colston's summer activities delivering love notes between the daughter of ...


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