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The Green Man
It is a portrait, covering two decades, of a family whose roots were deep in England- a family of fierce individualists whose activities touch on nearly all of the main currents of present-day life and thought.
It is the story of two brothers- Richard, dedicated to belief in reason, Matthew to a belief in money and power- and the inevitable conflict between their two worlds.
It is the story too of the three women who in very different ways gave their lives in devotion to the Daubney men. There was Nan, pious and penny-pinching, who might have remained the old maid Nature intended her to be had not Richard married her out of impatience and boredom to look after his house and children. There was Emmy, who early in her marriage to Mathew fought through jealousy to the knowledge that his incurable need of many women did not diminish his need for her. And there was Troy- simple, shrewd, perhaps a little mad- who tyrannized everyone in a passion of love
Finally, this is a story which must open every reader a world he knows familiarly- a world where cleverness is often put above wisdom, where precarious present blocks all other vision and despair appears to be the only conclusive answer.
It is the story of two brothers- Richard, dedicated to belief in reason, Matthew to a belief in money and power- and the inevitable conflict between their two worlds.
It is the story too of the three women who in very different ways gave their lives in devotion to the Daubney men. There was Nan, pious and penny-pinching, who might have remained the old maid Nature intended her to be had not Richard married her out of impatience and boredom to look after his house and children. There was Emmy, who early in her marriage to Mathew fought through jealousy to the knowledge that his incurable need of many women did not diminish his need for her. And there was Troy- simple, shrewd, perhaps a little mad- who tyrannized everyone in a passion of love
Finally, this is a story which must open every reader a world he knows familiarly- a world where cleverness is often put above wisdom, where precarious present blocks all other vision and despair appears to be the only conclusive answer.
762 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1952
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About the author
Storm Jameson
79 books23 followersMargaret Storm Jameson was an English writer, known for her 45 novels, and criticism.
Jameson studied at the University of Leeds, later moving to London, where in 1914 she earned an MA from King's College London. She was a teacher before becoming a full-time writer. She married writer Guy Chapman, but continued to publish as Storm Jameson.
From 1939, Jameson was a prominent president of the British branch of the International PEN association, and active in helping refugee writers. She wrote three volumes of autobiography.
A well-received biography, by Jennifer Birkett, Professor of French Studies at Birmingham University, was published by the Oxford University Press in March 2009.
Jameson studied at the University of Leeds, later moving to London, where in 1914 she earned an MA from King's College London. She was a teacher before becoming a full-time writer. She married writer Guy Chapman, but continued to publish as Storm Jameson.
From 1939, Jameson was a prominent president of the British branch of the International PEN association, and active in helping refugee writers. She wrote three volumes of autobiography.
A well-received biography, by Jennifer Birkett, Professor of French Studies at Birmingham University, was published by the Oxford University Press in March 2009.
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January 19, 2021
Too verbose for my liking. Too many theories and counter theories.
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