tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post2483940013640828661..comments2024-03-23T09:28:00.454+00:00Comments on Random Distractions: South Riding by Winifred Holtbymonixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-63419697810768086922011-02-25T11:40:25.856+00:002011-02-25T11:40:25.856+00:00I'm sorry not to have responded to recent comm...I'm sorry not to have responded to recent comments but I have been away on family visits. I didn't get to see the television adaptation of South Riding on Sunday but it was recorded for me and I look forward to watching it this afternoon. I do hope it is good!monixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-66610853020045138032011-02-20T12:58:13.408+00:002011-02-20T12:58:13.408+00:00Haven't read the book but always meant to and ...Haven't read the book but always meant to and really looking forward to something solid for Sunday Night tv. Yes Lark Rise far too bland. Let's hope Mr D. has done his stuff.<br />AliBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-86851555066347015162011-02-18T19:33:55.140+00:002011-02-18T19:33:55.140+00:00I collected my copy from our local bookshop today ...I collected my copy from our local bookshop today and will be reading hard to stay ahead of the tv adaptation - thank goodness it's half-term, so no teaching!!Adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16970252532508754001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-55586616824160338392011-02-18T16:23:13.520+00:002011-02-18T16:23:13.520+00:00I just ordered a used copy from Amazon for $6.95 a...I just ordered a used copy from Amazon for $6.95 and am looking forward to reading it the old fashioned, dead tree, way. The ease and convenience of ordering books both electronically and by snail mail is fantastic.erphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826044412670324694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-21033383513061370732011-02-18T12:27:18.808+00:002011-02-18T12:27:18.808+00:00I read this some time ago when I'd 'done&#...I read this some time ago when I'd 'done' Vera Brittain and moved onto those associated with her. (I always end up doing this with writers)I think Holtby's mother was the first female Alderman in Yorkshire, if memory serves, so she knew what she was writing about!Rattling Onhttp://www.rattlingon.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-87315898217994041152011-02-17T21:14:51.534+00:002011-02-17T21:14:51.534+00:00D
I must say that I was dismayed when I saw that ...D<br /><br />I must say that I was dismayed when I saw that the new dramatisation will be in three episodes. <br /><br />I bet Dorothy Tutin was marvellous as Sarah Burton. Unfortunately, I missed that adaptation, I was too busy with baby A to watch television. I looked up some of the photographs from that series and the clothes match my imagined images from reading the book. The newest Sarah has some stunning dresses but I'm not sure that a teacher in the 1930s could afford them. But I'll reserve judgement until Sunday.monixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-4808563284647468382011-02-17T20:48:41.040+00:002011-02-17T20:48:41.040+00:00It's 40 years since I read South Riding for th...It's 40 years since I read South Riding for the first time and I can still remember it vividly (always the sign of a good book . . . ) <br /><br />Do hope that the new TV serial will be as good as the 1974 version, which starred the wonderful Dorothy Tutin. At that time, of course, television companies had the budgets to make serials consisting of 13 hour-long episodes, which meant that a production team could remain very faithful to the original book . . .60 going on 16http://www.60goingon16.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-34799433727225519232011-02-17T20:16:41.759+00:002011-02-17T20:16:41.759+00:00I know eactly what you mean, Val! I'm hoping f...I know eactly what you mean, Val! I'm hoping for the same thing.monixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-75175174638897347382011-02-17T20:04:06.464+00:002011-02-17T20:04:06.464+00:00I'm hoping for a Cranford attempt rather than ...I'm hoping for a Cranford attempt rather than a Lark rise attempt ...if that makes senseValhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03003915263556622215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-47148698231348785232011-02-17T18:49:28.191+00:002011-02-17T18:49:28.191+00:00Val
I am sure you will love it. The characters are...Val<br />I am sure you will love it. The characters are so real that I felt I knew them. I am just hoping now that the television adaptation lives up to the book.monixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-69757063336090289652011-02-17T16:01:18.115+00:002011-02-17T16:01:18.115+00:00I've never read it and now I think I will :0)
...I've never read it and now I think I will :0)<br /><br />Thanks for the introductionValhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03003915263556622215noreply@blogger.com