The story’s about Henrietta, a girl who used to live in London; sadly, next door’s house caught fire and it spread to her house in London. Her mum, dad and her nanny, Jane escaped, with her, but sadly, her big brother was left behind and died. A new member of the family arrives though – just after his funeral… We meet them just after they’ve moved.

La hija de Robert Poste” de Stella Gibbons supuso un bombazo, un espaldarazo a su labor; no en vano, el número de ediciones de esta obra ha crecido gracias a la recomendación casi unánime de sus lectores. Era el éxito que necesitaban para poder llegar a más lectores de lo habitual en estos casos. Bien, el Le Corbusier es suyo si en una semana, es decir, en ciento sesenta y ocho horas, es capaz de resolver usted el único problema en dos movimientos de Nabokov que tengo en casa.” Those bursts of verbal magic are most often applied to the natural world—at one point she describes spring birdsong as “the country itself singing”—and they lend the novel a touch of fairytale. Characters often have their most meaningful encounters in a wild little wood, the place echoing with the nightingale of the title, and the story arcs of not only Viola but others are redolent of Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. Several people are dreaming their way through a life that is comfortable enough materially but deeply unsatisfactory in every other way, and they must all go through painful awakenings to break through into a richer life. Some characters are never able to achieve it. Escuche, Modracek. Enfrente de usted viven unos tales Kratochvil, ¿no es cierto? (Y miró otra vez sus papeles.) Anezka Kratochvil y sus hijos Kiri y Josef.” This did make me feel about the difference to children to adults and I strongly believe that children should have the right to give an opinion in 1919 (the year this book has been set in) and in any time zone.a b c d e f g h i j k l Neville, Jill (May 2006). "Gibbons, Stella Dorothea". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (onlineed.). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/39831. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) (subscription required) Gibbons wrote these words in her autobiographical novel Enbury Heath (1935). Her biographer and nephew Reggie Oliver maintains that this is clearly a description of Telford Gibbons. [5] Although other critics shared Gibbons's disdain for Morgan, his reputation has been defended by John Bayley, who in a 1985 review of a reprint of Morgan's The Fountain, described the book as "written as beautifully as it is possible for a book to be". [62] History: The history of this book is about how henry [ Henriette ] found out who caused the fire and how she did it, I enjoyed reading this book. The book is that interesting that I wish she will make a second story of The Secret Of Nightingale Wood. No es casualidad que Nabokov se convierta entonces en un personaje imprescindible para el avance de la trama:

I have marked many quotes showing Stella Gibbons' way of describing characters, but there is no point in writing them all here. Let's just look at one, that is rather disturbingly still valid. Another example of wondering why on earth I've let a book sit unread on a shelf for a decade, taking up space...except this time, I'm disappointed in myself for not realizing earlier how much I'd enjoy it. this book tends toward a dim view of the human race, which is quite fine with me. there's the father-in-law, who wants only to get his paws on other people's money. his low-wattage wife, who must have never met an intellectual challenge she didn't run shrieking from. his eldest daughter, a spinster so cold she can love only a dog. his youngest daughter, whose chances for marriage are a candle in the wind. and the friendless young widow his family takes in, only to be mean to her. The daughter of a London doctor, Gibbons had a turbulent and often unhappy childhood. After an indifferent school career she trained as a journalist, and worked as a reporter and features writer, mainly for the Evening Standard and The Lady. Her first book, published in 1930, was a collection of poems which was well received, and through her life she considered herself primarily a poet rather than a novelist. After Cold Comfort Farm, a satire on the genre of rural-themed "loam and lovechild" novels popular in the late 1920s, most of Gibbons's novels were based within the middle-class suburban world with which she was familiar.

South Marston is not mentioned in the Domesday Book but has Saxon origins, mentioned as Merston in 1204. The settlement developed around the 11th century church of St Mary Magdalene, which still has the original walls of the nave, the north and south doorways and the font. The chancel is from the 13th century and the tower and west door were added in about 1615. While at school, Gibbons formed an ambition to be a writer, and on leaving in 1921 began a two-year Diploma in Journalism at University College, London (UCL). [11] The course had been established for ex-servicemen returning from the First World War, [6] but attracted several women, among them the future novelist Elizabeth Bowen. As well as English Literature, the curriculum covered economics, politics, history, science and languages; practical skills such as shorthand and typing were not included. [11] As for me I enjoyed the book, and the main character of this book is Henrietta (they call her Henry for short). Henry, her mum, dad, grandma and sister moved out of London and into a new house, called the ‘Hope House’. Ever since they moved to Hope House; strange things have been happening. Victor: You know… I’ve been wanting to say I’m sorry about what happened in the summer. I’m afraid I hurt your feelings. Where Are They Now". Penguin Books. 2010. Archived from the original on 15 November 2013 . Retrieved 3 November 2013.

lapromesakamilY es sorpresa porque nos encontramos con una novela donde se mezclan mucho mejor de lo esperado la culpa y el castigo, ficción y realidad, una venganza cargada de humor negro: la venganza del arquitecto Modracek por la muerte de su hermana en un interrogatorio y su alter ego investigador el peculiar Dan Kocí alias Stanley Pinkerton, cuya única arma era el flash: “Para cuando usaba el flash la pareja adúltera ya sabía que la diversión se había acabado.”The only thing I didn’t like about this book is that there was barley any history in it. The only history it did have was that Moth’s son died in World War I. This book didn’t really make me want to find out more about history because it doesn’t have a lot of history in it, but I still would love to read more books that Lucy has written! If I could change one thing in this book I would be to put a bit more history in but the rest I would keep the same because I think the rest of the book is AMAZING! I would recommend this book to 10-14 year olds who enjoy interesting, mysterious, sad, exciting and lovely books! When this husband died after a year, also leaving her with very little, Viola was strong-armed into moving to her in-laws' house in the country, which is where our story begins.

Despite this, South Marston has largely retained its rural aspect, and development has benefited from significant dedication of landscaping and planting. Church Farm Lane in the 1980s gave the Village Garden to the parish, and the war memorial was relocated at its centre. But she always has Robert, her dead brothers’ voice in her heart and her Fairy Tales - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The Secret Garden and The Jungle Book – to keep her going. Es curioso cómo hasta una sociedad tan pequeña (qué son veintiuna personas a fin de cuentas) después de un tiempo acaba tomando la estructura de una mucho más grande. En la gente debe haber algo como un gen social que les lleva a aceptar ciertos roles y, en coordinación con los demás, a modelar una sociedad de estructura estadística similar.” I would give this book ten out of ten. It’s a history story telling you about life just after World War 2 but you also get to know all the characters because Lucy Strange expresses their feelings so well: you remember them for a long time. In 1989, in its report of Gibbons's death, The New York Times mistakenly referred to Webb as her second husband. [71]It was a very good book I liked the character Henrietta. My favourite part is when she finds something mysterious in the woods .The book wanted me to read more by this Author . I think that the history is real because people can be ill they can work a broad and other things that happened in the story. Bayley, John (7 February 1985). "Upper-Class Contemplative". London Review of Books. 7 (2): 15. (subscription required) In fact, Jim, Roger, Anne and Chrissie would have been exactly like Tom, Archie, Irene and Connie, but as they lived in different bodies, there was at least the promise of Romance. I really like this book a lot because of all the morals behind it. ‘The Secret of Nightingale Wood’ is about a twelve year old girl whose family have moved to the countryside after her mother got ill due to her brother’s death. The ‘Hope House’ that they moved into was holding some secrets and mystery. One of the sweets that Henrietta (the twelve year old girl) discovers is to do with ‘Nightingale Wood’. Henrietta makes many friends along the way; on her mission to cure her mum and also help her magical friends. This has become one of my favourite books because the main character shows a lot of determination when she proves some of the people wrong. I think that, in the future, I will read a lot more books written by this author.