Personal Pleasures

Essays on Enjoying LIfe

Rose Macaulay

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Handheld Press
22 November 2021

Autobiography: literary; Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary essays

Series: Handheld Classics

In 1935 Rose Macaulay (1881-1958) was a well-established novelist, reviewer, columnist and feminist wit. She was part of the 'intellectual aristocracy' of England, but was also passionately interested in everyday life and its foolishnesses. Personal Pleasures is an anthology of 80 short essays (some of them very short) about the things she enjoyed most in life. Her subjects include:

Bed (Getting Into It)Booksellers CataloguesChristmas MorningDriving a CarFlatteryHeresiesNot Going to PartiesShopping AbroadWritingWhile each essay can be read on its own as a short dose of delicious writing, the collection is also an autobiographical selection, revealing glimpses of Rose's own life, and making us laugh helplessly with her inimitable humour.

By: Rose Macaulay
Imprint: Handheld Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 21
ISBN: 9781912766505
ISBN 10: 1912766507
Series: Handheld Classics
Publication Date: 22 November 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active