"Our House and London out of Our Windows" by Elizabeth Robins Pennell is a reflective memoir offering a window into the lives of the author and her companion as they build a home and life in London during the early 1900s. Beginning with their hunt for the perfect house, which culminates in the discovery of a delightful place overlooking the Thames, the narrative flows into an exploration of their day-to-day experiences, filled with both joy and exasperation. A significant portion of the story highlights the challenges and humorous situations that arise from hiring domestic staff, such as their first employee, 'Enrietter,' whose initial promise gives way to a string of comical, dramatic episodes. Through lively storytelling, the author considers the contrast between her aspirations for a smooth domestic life and the actual realities of managing a household and staff, inviting readers to explore the characters and events that shape their efforts to create a welcoming home in the lively city.
Our House and London out of Our Windows
By Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Amidst the search for domestic bliss, a couple's London life is turned upside down by the unpredictable antics of their hired help and the surprising chaos of urban living.
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About the AuthorElizabeth Robins Pennell was an American writer who, for most of her adult life, made her home in London. A researcher summed her up in a work published in 2000 as "an adventurous, accomplished, self-assured, well-known columnist, biographer, cookbook collector, and art critic"; in addition, she wrote travelogues, mainly of European cycling voyages, and memoirs, centred on her London salon. Her biographies included the first in almost a century of the proto-feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, one of her uncle the folklorist Charles Godfrey Leland, and one of her friend the painter Whistler. In recent years, her art criticism has come under scrutiny, and her food criticism has been reprinted.
Elizabeth Robins Pennell was an American writer who, for most of her adult life, made her home in London. A researcher summed her up in a work published in 2000 as "an adventurous, accomplished, self-assured, well-known columnist, biographer, cookbook collector, and art critic"; in addition, she wrote travelogues, mainly of European cycling voyages, and memoirs, centred on her London salon. Her biographies included the first in almost a century of the proto-feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, one of her uncle the folklorist Charles Godfrey Leland, and one of her friend the painter Whistler. In recent years, her art criticism has come under scrutiny, and her food criticism has been reprinted.
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