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1932

The year of 1932 CE.

This time is part of the Interwar.

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Emily Dickinson Face to Face

Martha Dickinson Bianchi
Interwar American Memoir

Emily Dickinson Face to Face

Memoirs are tricky sometimes. I only read them when I either am interested in the time period or they focus on something that I read in a literary context.

March 11, 2024June 24, 2024 by S. Hargrave — Comment on Emily Dickinson Face to Face

Cold Comfort Farm

Stella Gibbons
Interwar UK Comedy

Cold Comfort Farm

What follows is a light-hearted escapade through the tropes and clichés of rural melodramas complete with a happy ending and a lot of jokes at the expense of 1930s high society and their ideas about farming and the poorer classes. This is a review of Stella Gibbons’ Cold Comfort Farm.

April 26, 2021June 24, 2024 by S. Hargrave — Comment on Cold Comfort Farm
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