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Literary Gardens - Sandra Lawrence

Literary Gardens

The imaginary gardens of writers and poets

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Buch | Hardcover
192 Seiten
2025
Frances Lincoln (Verlag)
9781836002208 (ISBN)
CHF 34,90 inkl. MwSt
Step into the most memorable gardens in fiction with Literary Gardens, a journey through 30 imagined spaces that have captured readers’ hearts. From wild escapes to secret sanctuaries, each one reveals the power of nature in storytelling.
Gardens both real and imagined have long captured our imaginations. They are places of mystery and magic, beauty and danger, romance and revelation; writers have used them to reflect longing and create unforgettable moments of drama, escape and wonder.

Literary Gardens explores thirty of the most atmospheric and emotionally charged gardens in literature. From The Secret Garden and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to Rebecca and The Great Gatsby, these fictional gardens capture the atmosphere and emotion of the stories they belong to. Some feel peaceful or nostalgic, others are rich with mystery or unspoken tension – each is shaped by the characters and moments that are revealed within them. In Literary Gardens, readers will uncover new stories and rediscover old favourites, guided by Sandra Lawrence’s lyrical storytelling and Lucille Clerc’s evocative vision.

Literary Gardens is a tribute to the spaces that have stayed with us long after the final page – a perfect gift for yourself, or anyone who has ever wanted to step through the page and into another world.

Sandra Lawrence has written for all the broadsheets and many magazines, as well as over 20 books, including Lost Gardens of the World (Frances Lincoln), Miss Willmott’s Ghosts (Bonnier) and The Witch’s Garden series for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Welbeck (The Witch’s Garden, The Magic of Mushrooms, The Witch’s Forest and The Psychedelic Garden). For children, she is the author of the Atlas series (Atlas of Beasts; Atlas of Heroes, Big Picture Press), Anthology of Amazing Women (Templar) and A Magical Guide to Plants (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Welbeck).Lucille Clerc is a French illustrator based in London. She mainly works in editorial design and book illustration and sometimes designs interior and exhibition spaces. Her work is inspired by the natural world and the streets and architecture of London. 

Introduction
The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
‘The Enchanted Garden’, Italo Calvino
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
‘The Garden of Forking Paths’, Jorge Luis Borges imaginary species
Tom’s Midnight Garden, Philippa Pearce
Elizabeth and her German Garden, Elizabeth von Arnim
The Hanging Garden, Patrick White
The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis
The Pillow Book, Sei Shōnagon 
Strange Worlds
Larry’s Party, Carol Shields
‘Rappaccini’s Daughter’, Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Garden of Evening Mists, Tan Twan Eng
Hallowe’en Party, Agatha Christie
‘The Garden Party’, Katherine Mansfield 
Literary Plants
The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter
Rāmāyaṇa, Vālmīki
‘Kew Gardens’, Virginia Woolf
My Mother’s House, Colette
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, Giorgio Bassani 
Fairytales
Mort, Terry Pratchett
My Garden (Book):, Jamaica Kincaid
‘The Door in the Wall’, H.G. Wells
The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros
‘Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance’, M.R. James
The World Tree
The Black Tulip, Alexandre Dumas
No Tomorrow, Vivant Denon
The Big Sleep, Raymond Chandler
The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Visiting
About the Author & Illustrator
Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Illustrationen Lucille Clerc
Zusatzinfo 30 + colour illustrations
Sprache englisch
Maße 170 x 225 mm
Gewicht 730 g
Themenwelt Literatur Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik Garten
ISBN-13 9781836002208 / 9781836002208
Zustand Neuware
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