Dimensions
144 x 192 x 11mm
A Little Anthology
This is a book of quotations on a subject close to all our hearts - houses and gardens and how to live in them and enjoy them. From Jane Austen to Daisy Ashford, from Shakespeare to Stevie Smith, from Gertrude Jekyll to Oscar Wilde, this affectionate view of the beauties of nature and the splendours of an elegant interior reminds us that gardeners get backache and housework has to be done. Delicious scenes of trees and flowers, cabbage beds and greenhouses, dining tables and favourite chairs, are peopled with miniature figures who seem to be deploring their surroundings as often as they admire them.
Laura Stoddart's illustrations are as pretty as they are witty, and the flowers and trees, the curious greenhouses, the gardens and vistas and even the odd pieces of furniture that are scattered through the text make this the most enchanting gift book of the year.
