Dimensions
155 x 199 x 15mm
A Little Anthology.
A joyful and ironic collection of verse and prose quotations about houses, gardens, how we live in them and what we think about them, enchantingly illustrated by Laura Stoddart.
From Jane Austen to Daisy Ashford, from Shakespeare to Stevie Smith, from Gertrude Jekyll to Oscar Wilde, this affectionate view of the beauties of nature and the splendours of an elegant interior reminds us that gardeners get backache and housework has to be done. Delicious scenes of trees and flowers, cabbage beds and greenhouses, dining tables and favourite chairs, are peopled with miniature figures who seem to be deploring their surroundings as often as they admire them.
In this prettiest and wittiest of anthologies, Laura Stoddart evokes a charmed and tranquil world. No garden-lover, and no one who dreams of living in some delightful place in the country, could resist following her up the garden path.
