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By Hole Ousia Posted on June 30, 2021March 8, 2023

Told with an evident truth as unflinching as it is tender

I recently read Father and Son by the writer and poet Edmund Gosse. This ‘memoir’ was written in 1907 and subtitled ‘a study of two temperaments.’ I was reminded of … Continue reading Told with an evident truth as unflinching as it is tender

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By Hole Ousia Posted on June 17, 2021March 8, 2023

‘Let it be boldly admitted’

I recently read Father and Son by Edmund Gosse. Edmund Gosse wrote this book in 1907 and it describes his early years in an exceptionally devout [stifling] Plymouth Brethren home … Continue reading ‘Let it be boldly admitted’

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