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Summoned By Bells: John Betjeman's autobiography in verse
John Betjeman Manufacturer: Houghton, Mifflin & Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000CKXCC6 |
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John Betjeman has written his autobiography. It is, as one world have hoped, in verse -- the clear, captivating, unabashedly musical verse which has made Betjeman one of the best-loved English poets since Tennyson. It shines, as one would expect, with the poet's love for the English countryside, his delight in the small good things of life, his sure eye for the comical in himself and in others. Above all, it is the touching story of boy's growth to manhood. There are the childhood terrors -- the "ladies vaguely designated 'aunts'/Who came on second Thursdays at 'At Homes, the maid "Sarah, with orange wig and horsy teeth," the public school, "a hell-hole in the side of Highgate Hill." There are the joys of seaside vacations in Cornwall, the excitement of visits to his father's factory, the unexpected moment of religious awakening that comes to a boy whose love for "the sound of church bells hollowing out the sky/ Deep beyond deep" has been as unthinking as his love for "the after-breakfast freshness out of doors..." Finally, there is Oxford, portrayed in a series of sparkling character sketches of the great and near-great whose lives comprised it. And throughout, there is the winning, unassuming presence of the man whom Edmund Wilson has called one of the two "most considerable English poets writing today."|
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Summoned By Bells..INSCRIBED COPY
John Betjeman Manufacturer: John Murray ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000SR08XE |
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115 Pages of Text..Inscribed By Author|
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Summoned By Bells
John Betjeman Manufacturer: Houghton ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0000CKTO6 |
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Summoned By Bells
John Betjeman Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000NZIKYK |
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Summoned by bells.
John Betjeman Manufacturer: J. Murray ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OKX4HW |
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Summoned By Bells
John Betjeman Manufacturer: JOHN MURRAY (ENGLAND) ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000SNQU7Q |
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Summoned By Bells
John Betjeman Manufacturer: John Murray ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000FU2WQK |
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The famous autobiographical poem, printed on antique laid paper.|
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The Illustrated Summoned by Bells
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Summoned by Bells.
John. Betjeman Manufacturer: John Murray ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000O3RH3Q |
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Summoned by Bells (BBC Radio Collection)
Sir John Betjeman Manufacturer: BBC Enterprises Ltd. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Audio Cassette General
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In the much loved tones of Sir John himself this magnificient autobiography in verse captures the voice of the late Poet Laureate at its finest.Books: