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Lolly Willowes

"But it was not possible to discover if it had assuaged his grief, because he concealed his feelings too closely, becoming, by a hyperbole of reticence, reserved even about his reserve..."

Dorset to unveil statue of feminist writer and LGBTQ+ pioneer – and a cat Tribute to Sylvia Townsend Warner follows campaign to nominate overlooked women

So good to see that the statue of #SylviaTownsendWarner has been unveiled in #Dorchester #Dorset @stwsociety.bsky.social

Sylvia Townsend Warner English writer Sylvia Townsend Warner was BOTD in 1893. Born in Harrow in suburban London, where her father was a housemaster at Harrow School, she was home-schooled by her father after being expel…

Lesbionic English writer Sylvia Townsend Warner, best known for her witchy feminist novel “Lolly Willowes”, was BOTD [6 December] in 1893. #sylviatownsendwarner #bornonthisday #supergays

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when i die, i hope to think i have annoyed a great many people
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Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to author Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893), author of the brilliant Lolly Willowes. The life-affirming story of a put upon maiden aunt who moves to the countryside, sells her soul to the Devil and becomes a witch.
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This #scarce 1932 #book of #quotes from #Dickens was given as a #SchoolPrize. #SylviaTownsendWarner was #homeschooled by her father after being kicked out of #kindergarten for mimicking the #teachers! $25. #Booksky #literature #BritLit #oldbooks #littlebooks

A Past Most Queer: Remembering Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Radical Gay Historical Fiction Queer historical fiction is having a moment. Acclaimed recent novels have imagined queer lives in settings as varied as Puritan New England, antebellum Mississippi, and England during the first Wor…

« At a time of renewed persecution of queer and trans people, we need the novel’s [The Flint Anchor, 1954] message that queer love is natural, ancient, and beautiful. » lithub.com/a-past-most-...

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Rural Hours ‘Her domestic aesthetic replicated the bric-a-brac atmosphere of her books, but it was also a statement of purpose, a style for living.’ Harriet Baker on homemaking and rural living.

« At Miss Green, Sylvia['s] efforts at home improvement, and her taste for interiors, would prove increasingly unconventional as she continued to build a home with a woman, rather than a husband. » granta.com/rural-hours/

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For #Lollywillowes fans, in #sylviatownsendwarner 1929 The True Heart: "A wisp of straw blew past them like a witch on a broomstick, and the crouched thorns clapped their skeleton hands."

"That night, in her first sleep, Sukey dreamed that she was going with Mrs Disbrowe to see the Queen." #sylviatownsendwarner - The True Heart

What struck me was the mention of #firstsleep

"The Corner That Held Them" by Sylvia Townsend Warner

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The Corner That Held Them #SylviaTownsendWarner

"One doesn’t become a witch to run round being harmful, or to run round being helpful either, a district visitor on a broomstick. It’s to escape all that—to have a life of one’s own, not an existence doled out to you by others."
LOLLY WILLOWES #SylviaTownsendWarner
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Help Raise A Statue for Sylvia Townsend Warner. Help us raise a statue of the writer, poet & LGBTQ+ trailblazer Sylvia Townsend Warner in Dorchester & give her the recognition she deserves

@profaliceroberts.bsky.social 👋🏻Anya & Evie here from #maryanningrocks now #VISABLEWomenUK we’ve left X would be great to get a plug from you 😻 and for our new statue campaign for writer #SylviaTownsendWarner www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-raise...

Sunday read 📚🩷 #booksky #bookskyitalia #booklovers #currentlyreading #lettureincorso #bookcommunity #sylviatownsendwarner

I've started listening to and sometimes reading along with #SylviaTownsendWarner 's fantastic book "The Corner That Held Them" - it's so good! She was a terrific writer!

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#Booksky Today's #bookpost @gailsimmons.bsky.social #SylviaTownsendWarner

#SylviaTownsendWarner #STWTheCorner2024 Week 6 begins July 15th -
1. What will happen to Dame Sibilla?
2. Who succeeds Bishop Walter?
3. Is the Black Death still around?
4. Will Henry Yellowlees sing again?
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#STWTheCorner2024 Revised Week 2 schedule - starts June 17th - a booboo here, some proofreading there -
#SylviaTownsendWarner #TheCornerThatHeldThem #Nuns #BlackDeath #England

Felines and fairies Illustration for 'Blue Beard' by Arthur Rackham (1933). Of Cats and Elfins: Short Tales and Fantasies, including The Cat's Cradle Book (1940) by Sylvia Townsend Warner, introduced by Greer Gilman, wit...

Felines and fairies: 'Of Cats and Elfins: Short Tales and Fantasies' (including The Cat’s Cradle Book, 1940) by #SylviaTownsendWarner, reviewed for #ReadingTheMeow. wp.me/s2oNj1-elf

#STWTheCorner2024 Week 1 of #slowread begins today, June 10th-
"For neither might the corner that held them keep them from fear" -The Wisdom of Solomon XVII 4 (epigraph of novel)
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