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Jane Gardam

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Jane Gardam was born in North Yorkshire, England in 1928. She is the author of many children's novels that include "A Long Way from Verona" (1971). She has also written novels and collections of stories for adults that include "God on the Rocks" (1978), "Bilgewater and the Pangs of Love and Other visa mer Stories" (1983) and "The Summer After the Funeral." Her book "Groundlings" was taken from "Showing the Flag and Other Stories" (1989). Gardam's novels and stories have received many literary prizes. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre

Inkluderar namnen: Jane Gardan, Jane Gardam, Jane Gardham

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Verk av Jane Gardam

Old Filth (2004) 2,307 exemplar
The Man in the Wooden Hat (2009) 1,000 exemplar
The Queen of the Tambourine (1991) 631 exemplar
Last Friends (2013) 582 exemplar
God on the Rocks (1978) 416 exemplar
Crusoe's Daughter (1985) 395 exemplar
A Long Way from Verona (1971) 386 exemplar
The Flight of the Maidens (2000) 364 exemplar
Bilgewater (1976) 350 exemplar
Faith Fox (1996) 287 exemplar
The People on Privilege Hill (2007) 239 exemplar
The Hollow Land (1981) 188 exemplar
The Stories of Jane Gardam (2014) 154 exemplar
The Sidmouth Letters (1980) 109 exemplar
The Summer After the Funeral (1973) 93 exemplar
Missing the Midnight (1997) 79 exemplar
Black Faces, White Faces (1975) 66 exemplar
Going Into a Dark House (1994) 50 exemplar
Showing the Flag (1989) 44 exemplar
Through the Doll's House Door (1987) 43 exemplar
A Few Fair Days (1971) 41 exemplar
Bridget and William (1981) 19 exemplar
Kit in Boots (1986) 15 exemplar
The Old Filth Trilogy (1950) 15 exemplar
The Green Man (1998) 12 exemplar
Swan (1987) 6 exemplar
Tufty Bear (Read Aloud) (1996) 4 exemplar
Hetty (2016) 2 exemplar
A Spot Of Gothic 1 exemplar
Facing the Music (2013) 1 exemplar
L'eterno rivale 1 exemplar

Associerade verk

Unga kvinnor (1868) — Förord, vissa utgåvor26,255 exemplar
En liten prinsessa (1905) — Inledning, vissa utgåvor15,667 exemplar
The Vet's Daughter (1959) — Inledning, vissa utgåvor580 exemplar
Reader, I Married Him: Stories Inspired by Jane Eyre (2016) — Bidragsgivare — 297 exemplar
The Armless Maiden: And Other Tales for Childhood's Survivors (1995) — Bidragsgivare — 249 exemplar
The Pleasure of Reading (1992) — Bidragsgivare — 188 exemplar
The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories (2007) — Bidragsgivare — 133 exemplar
The Penguin Book of Modern Women's Short Stories (1990) — Bidragsgivare — 100 exemplar
The English Landscape: Its Character and Diversity (1700) — Bidragsgivare — 76 exemplar
The Oxford Book of Travel Stories (1996) — Bidragsgivare — 74 exemplar
The Ecco Book of Christmas Stories (2005) — Bidragsgivare — 73 exemplar
The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1996) — Bidragsgivare — 70 exemplar
The Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories (1994) — Bidragsgivare — 37 exemplar
The Secret Self: A Century of Short Stories by Women (1995) — Bidragsgivare — 33 exemplar
Is Anyone There? (1978) — Bidragsgivare — 27 exemplar
Slightly Foxed 3: Sharks, Otters and Fast Cars (2004) — Bidragsgivare — 26 exemplar
The Thorny Paradise: Writers on Writing for Children (1975) — Bidragsgivare — 15 exemplar
The Puffin Book of Ghosts and Ghouls (1992) — Bidragsgivare — 11 exemplar
Growing Up Stories (1995) — Bidragsgivare — 10 exemplar
Top Teen Stories (2004) — Bidragsgivare — 6 exemplar
Beware! Beware!: Chilling Tales (1989) — Bidragsgivare — 6 exemplar
Young Winter's Tales 6 (1975) — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar

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Group Read: Last Friends by Jane Gardam i 75 Books Challenge for 2019 (februari 2019)
BRITISH AUTHOR CHALLENGE MAY - GARDAM & GODDARD i 75 Books Challenge for 2016 (september 2016)
Old Filth (by Jane Gardam) Group Read - April i 75 Books Challenge for 2013 (april 2013)
What about Jane Gardam? i Loitering with Intent (mars 2012)

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A great follow on from Old Filth. Full of wit and surprises. Enthralling.
 
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simonpockley | 45 andra recensioner | Feb 25, 2024 |
Having thoroughly enjoyed [b:Old Filth|50284873|Old Filth|Jane Gardam|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1578255525l/50284873._SY75_.jpg|36965] and The Man with the Wooden Hat, I was disappointed in this last of the trilogy. This as because I wanted to know much more about Ross and had very little interest in Fiscal-Smith. Last Friends had its moments, but I soon tired of Dulcie's scatterbrain in the beginning and for some strange reason, the weak ending went the same way. Maybe Jane Gardam lost interest? I say this as a challenge to Jane Gardam but was she out of her depth with Ross? Someone not English. Surely not. Please bring on a 4th in the series. One that deals with Ross's background.… (mer)
 
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simonpockley | 43 andra recensioner | Feb 25, 2024 |
My dear friend Jim sent me [b:Old Filth|50284873|Old Filth|Jane Gardam|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1578255525l/50284873._SY75_.jpg|36965]. What a treat! As a privileged but neglected child I lived with other families and often found myself described in this beautifully constructed tale. That Old Filth is such a clean man was not lost on me nor were many of the reversals of name that were woven into the text.

Half-way through, I realised the book had plunged me into a sombre, solitary mood which almost overwhelmed me. As an old man I felt even older and pretty much done for. I kept thinking of my friend Jim reading it in hospital. He had written to me
...suspended sick room time, still can’t stand up, reach for the book I’ve been reading, I’m near the end of my novel which is about memory, I’m at the bit when the old guy is lying in bed dying, delirious, remembering his early life and I’m lying in bed wondering about dying and confusing his memory with mine, did I marry someone named Betty and live Malaya? I don’t think so…. note to self, don’t read about old men dying when you’re an old man thinking about dying

Trying to explain the book to others I found myself saying it was part Somerset Maugham, part Conrad. Jane Gardam concludes with an acknowledgement to Kipling's autobiography. So maybe it's also part Kipling. I'm aware that Old Filth is the first of a triolgy. While I'll definitely be seeking out book #2 [b:The Man in the Wooden Hat|6570431|The Man in the Wooden Hat (Old Filth, #2)|Jane Gardam|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1347802021l/6570431._SY75_.jpg|6763489] . Old Filth is a cleverly constructed tale by a gifted writer.
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Verk
37
Även av
24
Medlemmar
7,983
Popularitet
#3,037
Betyg
4.0
Recensioner
361
ISBN
311
Språk
11
Favoritmärkt
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