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Showing posts with label My American. Show all posts
Showing posts with label My American. Show all posts
Saturday, 13 August 2022

More about invisibility and Hurrying People streaming past

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O ne of the articles in the series inspired by Stella Gibbons's novel  My American  describes  Amy's Lee's nightmare experience ...
Tuesday, 9 March 2021

A last look at Stella Gibbons's My American

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T his final article in the series inspired by Stella Gibbons’s novel My American features a major influence that I detected.   F irst, a few...
Sunday, 21 February 2021

Hurrying People: another nightmare for Stella Gibbons's Amy Lee

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I n her novel  My American , Stella Gibbons goes into great detail when describing a journey home that is one long endurance test for her y...
Monday, 8 February 2021

Daydreams and the imagination in Stella Gibbons's My American

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T here is some material about daydreams and the imagination in Stella Gibbons's My American that reminds me of points I have made in va...
Monday, 25 January 2021

Yet more about Stella Gibbons's My American

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A my Lee's story has been told and the writing, money and envy elements in Stella Gibbons's My American covered; now there is some a...
Monday, 4 January 2021

Money and envy in Stella Gibbons's My American

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T his article in the series inspired by Stella Gibbons’s My American contains some minor material of particular interest. The power of mone...
Wednesday, 16 December 2020

Stella Gibbons’s My American and writing: Part III

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T here comes a time when Amy Lee changes direction: she stops producing tales of  heroism  and  adventure and joins the school of domestic r...
Friday, 11 December 2020

John Christopher’s Guardians: Part IV

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O ne criticism I have of The Guardians is that it ends just when the most interesting and exciting part of the story is about to start. Per...
Monday, 7 December 2020

Stella Gibbons’s My American and writing: Part II

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S tella Gibbons's romance My American contains much writing-related material. The previous article contains extracts that describe the ...
Wednesday, 25 November 2020

Stella Gibbons’s My American and writing: Part I

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A s previously mentioned, Stella Gibbons makes some insightful comments about writers, writing and the imagination in her novel My American ...
Wednesday, 4 November 2020

John Christopher’s Guardians: Part I

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The Guardians by John Christopher is a dystopian science fiction novel that was first published in 1970. Just like Michael de Larrabeiti’s ...
Wednesday, 28 October 2020

Stella Gibbons’s Amy Lee and the nightmare journey

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S tella Gibbons lived her entire life in the Hampstead and Highgate area of London; she displays her great knowledge of and love for ‘Ham ...
Wednesday, 14 October 2020

More about Stella Gibbons’s young writer Amy Lee

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S tella Gibbons's  My American  is described as a romance. As mentioned in the first article, the main aspect of interest in the book is...
Wednesday, 7 October 2020

Stella Gibbons’s young writer Amy Lee

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T he writer Amy Lee is the main character and main person of interest in Stella Gibbons’s novel My American (1939). T his is not a book th...