tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post5512269768186564858..comments2024-03-27T18:53:47.254-04:00Comments on Staircase Wit: Green Dolphin Street (Book Review) #1944ClubCLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03595294217111602231noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post-67029153032530974952024-03-04T18:39:37.617-05:002024-03-04T18:39:37.617-05:00Yes, as I recall Tai Harura was tattooed like a Ma...Yes, as I recall Tai Harura was tattooed like a Maori but was originally an Englishman.<br /><br />Did you read this? https://www.elizabethgoudge.org/index.php/2017/01/22/green-dolphin-country/CLMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03595294217111602231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post-64511715498068430072024-02-28T01:55:49.776-05:002024-02-28T01:55:49.776-05:00No one seems to be addressing the element of Green...No one seems to be addressing the element of Green Dolphin Street thatmost left an impression on my thirteen year old brain. It was the relationship that developed between Marianne and the tattooed Maori named something like Tai Haruru. I don’t even see his mention in book reviews and he is evidently not in the movie. So after sixty years some of my memory is very unclesr. I would like to read the book again. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post-34393993227969262622021-08-27T19:01:30.664-04:002021-08-27T19:01:30.664-04:00Thanks for reading my review and catching my typo,...Thanks for reading my review and catching my typo, Mary!CLMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03595294217111602231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post-18927426314805416452021-08-26T22:59:09.129-04:002021-08-26T22:59:09.129-04:00Thanks for the review! Incidentally, the novel beg...Thanks for the review! Incidentally, the novel begins on the Isle of Guernsey, in the town/city of St. Pierre.<br />Cheers!MaryVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07041477844834376154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post-21616809049184955932018-10-21T16:10:53.233-04:002018-10-21T16:10:53.233-04:00Wonderful review! I was toying with reading this o...Wonderful review! I was toying with reading this one...I should have like you read it in advance because when October came 'round it was the length of it that put me off. I if Elizabeth Goudge Day is celebrated again in April 2019 in the blogosphere, I hope to get to it then. Ruthiellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871834571645928819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post-8913294968223524352018-10-20T14:36:55.809-04:002018-10-20T14:36:55.809-04:00I read this so long ago that even your description...I read this so long ago that even your description doesn't read any bells. I almost reread it for this club. I think I need to read it again.Kayhttp://whatmread.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post-88039583317113331792018-10-18T04:55:21.941-04:002018-10-18T04:55:21.941-04:00I have enjoyed the only Goudge I've read (The ...I have enjoyed the only Goudge I've read (The Middle Window) but have been put off by the length of this one! I am very intrigued by that possible-relative though...Simon T *StuckinaBook)http://www.stuckinabook.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post-65668790103076236562018-07-07T10:18:16.179-04:002018-07-07T10:18:16.179-04:00I love Elizabeth Goudge's work, and have from ...I love Elizabeth Goudge's work, and have from the first time I read Smoky House when I was about nine. I semi forgot about it until some years later when I read Gentian Hill, and was struck by the similarities to my old childhood favourite. A little digging turned up the fact that they were written by the same author. <br /><br />I've collected all of her novels and most of her anthologies over the years, in the original hardcover British editions. Unfortunately, the American publishers had a nasty habit of making changes to the text and changing titles, so I sold those, except for The Blue Hills, as it had different illustrations to the original edition, which was titled Henrietta's House. Some of her books are becoming hard to find these days, especially those which never had a paperback printing. The Valley of Song is perhaps the hardest, and tends to be quite expensive when it does show up.<br /><br />While I enjoyed Green Dolphin Country (original title) it was perhaps not my favourite of her books. That honour would go to The Dean's Watch, Gentian Hill, A City of Bells or Towers in the Mist, with Gentian Hill perhaps being top of that list. All of her books are good reads, though.<br /><br />Thank you for your review.Goldieloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01787685030334225140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post-17653054157381444792018-05-29T13:13:51.854-04:002018-05-29T13:13:51.854-04:00It's always nice to see a post about Elizabeth...It's always nice to see a post about Elizabeth Goudge. I believe she said in her autobiography (worth reading if you can find it) that most of the MGM money was eaten up by taxes...but it was quite a boost to her career.<br /><br />That's interesting about Eileen Goudge. I always wondered if there was a connection.<br /><br />Loryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08519976394732029323noreply@blogger.com