The Rosemary Tree, by Elizabeth Goudge
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The Rosemary Tree, by Elizabeth Goudge
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In the raw aftermath of World War II, the Wentworth family faces fundamental questions about living together and loving each other despite their differences. John Wentworth, a country vicar caught between leading his family and his church, is far less ineffectual than he feels himself to be. His wife Daphne hardly realizes how much she loves her exasperating husband. While John’s great aunt lives in the dilapidated family manor house, their three daughters attend a dysfunctional school, captive among embattled staff. Harriet, John’s aging former nanny, holds the family together through her love and empathy.
When Michael Stone returns to town, recently released from prison and unwittingly discovering his former flame, he disrupts the lives of all—including his own. But it could be just the disturbance the family needs to break free from their prisons, as they begin to discover how life can be transformed by second chances.
With her characteristic lyricism, Elizabeth Goudge explores the dynamics of ordinary human existence. Her writing guides us to see the beauty in our social and spiritual lives.
Elizabeth Goudge (1900–1984) was a British novelist whose father was an Anglican priest and theologian. She wrote for many audiences, and her Green Dolphin Street was made into a 1947 Academy Award-winning film starring Lana Turner, Van Heflin, and Donna Reed. In style and themes she parallels English writers such as the creator of the Miss Read series, as well as mirroring the spiritual depth found in George MacDonald’s Victorian novels. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, she won the Carnegie Award in 1947 for The Little White Horse, J. K. Rowling’s favorite children’s book.
The Rosemary Tree, by Elizabeth Goudge- Amazon Sales Rank: #297496 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-05-01
- Released on: 2015-02-25
- Format: Kindle eBook
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Elizabeth Goudge (1900-1984) was a British novelist born into the home of an Anglican priest and theologian. She wrote children's books as well as novels--her "Green Dolphin Street "was made into a 1947 Academy-Award winning film starring Lana Turner, Van Heflin, and Donna Reed. In style and themes she parallels English writers such as the creator of the Miss Read series, as well mirroring the spiritual depth found in George MacDonald's Victorian novels. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, she won the Carnegie Award in 1947 for "The Little White Horse, "which is J. K. Rowling's favorite children's book.
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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful. Searching for meanings of life in a spiritually bleak world By John Gough Searching for meanings of life in a spiritually bleak worldSet in the aftermath of the Second World War, The Rosemary Tree contains several moments of mystical vision and dream.There are recurring references to Shakespeare's "Ophelia", Cervante's "Don Quixote" and Lewis Carroll's "Alice" as well as numbers of poets.The cast of characters include several elderly spinsters and widows and widowers in their fifties, sixties and older, a young school teacher, some of her pupils and their parents, an elderly coachman-cum-pig-keeper, two dogs, many birds and a vibrant spring.It touches on themes of love, existentialism, lust, fear of death, suicide, betrayal, hatred, cowardice, war, selfishness, eccentricity, nervous breakdown and insanity, old age, cruelty, creativity, faith, prayer, shame and guilt, forgiveness, poetry, interior decoration, children's books and good food!Certainly it is a rich mixture.But this is often the way Goudge thinks, and writes.She shares her enthusiasms, doubts, hopes, and loves with us.But it is also at times very funny, where, for example, asking for second-helpings of a school dinner demands bravery deserving a V.C.!(Incidentally, it is a stand-alone novel, and not part of the "Eliot" or "Damerosehay" trilogy.)Several of the characters (and this is not a simple romance, nor a story with one main character -- it is about diverse individuals within a community), at different stages in the own lives, face fundamental questions about their personal view of life, purpose versus pointlessness, and the prospect of their own death.In several ways Goudge ought to be compared with writers such as Graham Greene, as a novelist concerned with a search for meaning in a modern materialist brutal society.Perhaps it is the diversity of her range, and the mis-perception that she is a gentle writer of romances (for women: some of her paperback editions put her in the same company as lesser writers such as Anya Seton!), that prevents her real achievement to be appreciated.John Gough -- Deakin University -- jagough49@gmail.com
21 of 21 people found the following review helpful. A book about second chances By Chara The first time I read this book I found it rather depressing. Then I read it again, and began to see a number of complex themes emerging. Basically, this is a book about second chances. Most of the characters are people who failed long ago, lived to regret it, then discover that sometimes there comes along a second chance to "do things right." Some of them get a second chance at love; others, at improving and deepening relationships they already have. The quiet and unobtrusive heart of the story is Harriet, the elderly, retired nanny, now crippled by arthritis and living in the care of one of her former charges and his family. The story opens with her sitting by her window at daybreak, first simply watching the sky and the landscape, and then watching the lives of the family as they go about their duties, praying for them, and wondering how they can continue to put up with someone as "useless" as she thinks herself to be.Only one major character in the book refuses to take the second chance offered. Read the book and find out who it is.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful. Thank you, J.K. Rowling, By Mrs. Robinson for bringing my attention to this neglected author. I read somewhere that J.K. Rowling was inspired to write her Harry Potter series in large part by a children's book by Elizabeth Goudge, and, curious, checked out said book from the library. I was hooked! I have since then moved to that late author's adult fiction and found it, thus far, just as good. Her prose style was exquisite, although I realize it would be unfashionable now, all those leisurely descriptions, particularly the glorious passages of a sort of nature worship. Her wit was sharp, her humor startling, and her wisdom profound. She wore her Anglo-Catholic brand of Christianity on her sleeve (she was a clergyman's daughter, I am given to understand), yet this book was successfully plagiarized by an Indian author who switched the religion to Hindu, so apparently this calm, wise, and beautiful spirituality has universal appeal. What a shame the book is out of print.As a writer exploring character and the depths of the human soul, Miss Goudge repeatedly reminds me of Henry James and Iris Murdoch. She had the understanding of both those greats, I believe (while mercifully writing a good clear prose like the latter -- God rest you, dear Mr. James!). Another reviewer mentions Graham Greene, and I can see that, too, although I have not thus far read much by that author.Her characterization of children and animals is among the best I've seen.She was like Jane Austen, too, I think, both in her understanding of people and her brilliant use of ordinary, limited life. Nothing that happens in this novel is earth-shaking, yet all of it is. Miss Goudge showed the eternal importance of small decisions in the lives of everyday people, and she showed it in poetic, beautiful prose that is a joy to read and easy to understand. I do hope some brave publisher will exert itself and reprint these luminous novels.
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