Quotes from Sylvia Townsend Warner's books, and about them
Words Are My Matter on Dorset Stories: “The only one I changed substantially (mostly to update it) is the review of Sylvia Townsend Warner's Dorset Stories.”
How to Be a Heroine on Lolly Willowes: “All single women should have a ‘mental fur coat’; after reading Lolly Willowes, I compiled my own list of small pleasures, like reading a book in a hot bath scented with orange flower water, walks on Hampstead Heath and pistachio baklava.”
Words Are My Matter on Lolly Willowes: “Her first novel, Lolly Willowes, reprinted from time to time, is a dazzling display of the extraordinary wit and tough-mindedness of her fantasy...”