Ive needed all the escapism i can get in this last week for obvious reasons. In 1921 she was married to the first of her three husbands. The sugar house virago modern classics book 436 antonia white. Throughout her life, antonia white struggled with a formidable writers block. Yet on her death, this extraordinary work her autobiography up to the age of six was discovered among her papers. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Frost in may virago modern classics by antonia white and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. White was heavily influenced by her catholic upbringing, as is clara.
White was never quite comfortable with her new surname, feeling it rather a blank, but grey conveys less blankness and more ambiguity or more precisely, ambivalence, the emotional tone that drives frost in may. Antonia white was born as eirine botting to parents cecil and christine botting in 1899. Frost in may kindle edition by white, antonia, hadley. Melissa harrison antonia white, frost in may slightly. Frost in may by antonia white its been about a month since i read frost in may by antonia white 1933, and ive struggled with how best to talk about the novel. Antonia white british author and translator britannica. Antonia whites frost in may, as im sure everyone knows, was the very first virago modern classic, published in 1978 after being out of print for many years. Click on a title, author name or category to see similar books. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Antonia whites frost in may explores and invokes the rituals of.
Frost in may 1922, the lost traveller 1950, the sugar house 1952 and beyond the glass 1954. Buy the kobo ebook book frost in may by antonia white at indigo. When i started frost in may, i found myself a bit skeptical about how someone could write an engaging novel of life in a convent school. All these books are ones i read in 2017 best book of. First published in great britain by desmond harmsworth, 1933. Antonia whites frost in may explores and invokes the rituals. Frost in may by antonia white books hachette australia. Frost in may is the unsurpassed novel of convent school life. Mind you the printing is dreadful and doesnt do justice to the high education and subtle touch of the author. Buy frost in may virago modern classics new ed by white, antonia, hadley, tessa, bowen, elizabeth isbn. Antonia white, british writer and translator best known for her autobiographical fiction.
Aug 01, 2006 the book is fluid, suspenseful and utterly readable. Frost in may is the novel which launched the virago modern classics list. Nanda gray, the daughter of a catholic convert, is nine when she is sent to the convent of five wounds. Buy frost in may 9780349010281 by antonia white for only. Her father, a teacher, converted to catholicism in 1906, and she and her mother were received into the church at the same time. Frost in may was written during the rise of antischool school stories after world war i.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading frost in may. I hadnt read the book, but i knew enough about white to. The freshness and vitality with which antonia white recorded her much younger self is breathtaking. Frost in may by antonia white booksamillion online book store. I went to a catholic convent school from the age of seven to sixteen. Frost in may and the world my wilderness are undeniably much stronger and deeper novels than in spite of all terror, which, though competently written, fits more appropriately into the juvenile historical fiction category, but ive grouped them together here. May 08, 2018 from 1924 until the second world war she worked as a journalist. While white writes well, i found the heavy dose of roman catholicism, the focus on breaking the girls wills, and the enclosed, repressive atmosphere a bit much. You can get the two first books in frost in may 1 frost in may book one and the last two in frost in may 2 which saves a bit of money. Lillian hellman women beware womenfrost in may, antonia white also the translator of colettes claudine novelsmaurice, e. Another benefit, too, was the fact that i knew that the first virago modern classic publication, in 1978, was antonia whites frost in may. Theres more fiction in the lost traveller than there is in frost in may claras relationship with charles is an example.
White drafted the book when she was 15 and published it after she had lost the roman catholic faith she was. So when rachel of book snob and carolyn of a few of my favourite. Frost in may by white, antonia and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Sep 28, 2009 i cannot believe, therefore, that i have only just picked up and read antonia white s novel frost in may. Catholic schools, fiction, fiction in english, girls schools, lesbian youth, sexuality, young women. Frost in may frost in may quartet, book 1 by antonia white. As with antonia whites other novels, the theme and story are based on personal experience. Apr 08, 2020 antonia white, british writer and translator best known for her autobiographical fiction.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. First published in 1933, frost in may is based on antonia whites own prefirst world war girlhood experiences at a convent school in roehampton, and its enthralling story has become part of our history of womens lives and womens writing. Nanda gray, the daughter of a catholic convert, is nine when she is s. This story of a clash between a determined young girl and an authoritarian regime is both perceptive and painfully emotional, convincing in every detail hermione lee, observer nanda gray, the daughter of a catholic convert, is nine when she is sent to the convent of five wounds. This story of a clash between a determined young girl and an authoritarian regime is both perceptive and painfully emotional, convincing in every detail. Frost in may frost in may is the unsurpassed novel of convent school life. Frost in may is a schoolbook about a young girl moving into adolescence in a repressive catholic convent school. Frost in may frost in may quartet, book 1 by antonia white book cover, description, publication history. The responses to book frost in may other visitors will be able to choose in regards to ebook. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Antonia whites style as a storyteller is as precise, clear and unweighty as jane austens. Apr 30, 2019 from 1924 until the second world war she worked as a journalist.
Frost in may by antonia white, elizabeth bowen waterstones. Antonia white, frost in may in slightly foxed issue 54. Moving to nanda, though, the name we begin with, its worth remarking that whites name was never, in real life, antonia. This story of a clash between a determined young girl and an authoritarian regime is both perceptive and painfully emotional, convincing in every. I dont know which was worse, the fact that in an all girls secondary school we were not.
At the age of nine a girl enters a convent boarding school, dedicated to the creation of soldiers of christ, accustomed to hardship and ridicule. If anyone else is in the same boat this is a good place to start. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. From 1924 until the second world war she worked as a journalist. Frost in may by antonia white, 1980, dial press edition, in. See all books authored by antonia white, including frost in may, and black water 2. Among numerous volumes of short stories, fiction and autobiography, antonia white published a celebrated quartet of novels linked by their heroine. Frost in may is about a centimeter away from being pure memoir, and it has the cool, unaffected distance of one, which is what you need when talking about something as overheated and emotional as a group of young girls in a convent school, hiding copies of candide and pretending not to have friends. This biography aims to tell the complete story of a life courageously lived against the most difficult odds. This story of a clash between a determined young girl and an authoritarian regime is both perceptive and painfully emotional, convincing in every detail hermione lee, observerwith a new introduction by tessa hadleynanda gray, the daughter of a catholic convert, is nine when she is sent to the convent of five wounds. Antonia whites frost in may explores and invokes the.
Antonia white books list of books by author antonia white. Nov 05, 20 frost in may and the world my wilderness are undeniably much stronger and deeper novels than in spite of all terror, which, though competently written, fits more appropriately into the juvenile historical fiction category, but ive grouped them together here. The fact that i am not catholic was irrelevant to the military nuns drilling us in the art of confession and obedience. Fernanda greys father is a convert to catholicism and the novel opens with mr grey taking his daughter to the convent of the five wounds to start her catholic education. This story of a clash between a determined young girl and an authoritarian regime is both. The marriage was annulled only 2 years later, and reportedly was neve. Its been about a month since i read frost in may by antonia white 1933, and ive struggled with how best to talk about the novel. This complex story snuck up on me, and i couldnt put the book down.
If you liked frost in may by antonia white, elizabeth bowen, here are some books like this. This hugely autobiographical novel is succinct and compelling. Frost in may takes place during the time of preworld war. This story of a clash between a determined young girl and an authoritarian regime is both perceptive and painfully emotional, convincing in every detail hermione lee, observer. In an interview white said that this book, her first, was her own story. Frost in may kindle edition by white, antonia, hadley, tessa, bowen, elizabeth. White made her mark with her first novel, frost in may 1933, a study of a girl at a convent school. Jan 17, 2008 another benefit, too, was the fact that i knew that the first virago modern classic publication, in 1978, was antonia white s frost in may.
Frost in may is a 1933 novel by the british author antonia white that was reissued in 1978 as the first book in virago presss modern classics series of books by. Frost in may is a school book about a young girl moving into adolescence in a repressive catholic convent school. Antonia white was born eirene botting in london in 1899. Frost in may by antonia white, 1980, dial press edition, in english frost in may 1980 edition open library. Frost in may by antonia white, 9781844083787, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Quickwitted, resilient and eager to please, she accepts this closed world where, with all the enthusiasm of the outsider, her.
When white wrote her book she was already looking back to a vanished edwardian era, across the ruinous, smoking gulf of the first world war. Antonia whites autobiographical novel, frost in may, is a compelling, nostalgic and at times troubling account of convent school life. Buy a cheap copy of frost in may book by antonia white. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Frost in may by antonia white was first published in 1933. Convent school pupils queue to wish one of their classmates happy birthday. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Here, carmen callil, founder of virago, tells us why she loves the novel so much and how it inspired her. The language is clean and stark, simple enough for a child to understand, but the themes white has woven through the book are. Frost in may is a very catholic book, and i am really wondering how id never heard of it or its author before a.
Buy frost in may by antonia white, elizabeth bowen from waterstones today. Book recommendations for people who like frost in may by antonia white, elizabeth bowen. It is the book that launched the virago modern classics list forty years ago. Frost in may and related entities entities finder. Frost in may is a 1933 novel by the british author antonia white that was reissued in 1978 as the first book in virago presss modern classics series of books by neglected women authors. Antonia white is best known for frost in may, for having come back from bedlam hospital and madness, and for the public feud between her daughters over the editing of her diaries. Published as part of a beautifully designed series to mark the 40th anniversary of the virago modern classics. Frost in may by antonia white 9781844083787 paperback. The virago modern classics really began in a convent over seventy years.
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