Other People
Diaries, 1963-66
Published on 1. April 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-7538-0109-3 (ISBN)
Description
Other People chronicles Frances Partridge's life in the mid-1960s, when she is still struggling to come to terms with existence after the double blow of the deaths of her husband Ralph and her son Burgo. Coping with friends in extremis, and with their daily idiosyncrasies, foibles and irritations, is one of the recurring themes of this diary. She throws herself into life, indefatigably travelling, endlessly observant of nature and of human beings, pungent in her judgements, relishing conversation, minutely self-aware, passionate for ideas and for her friends. 'Frances Partridge's diaries are quietly brilliant: alive to everything' Observer
More details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
8 B/W Photo\Illu(s)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 131 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
299 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7538-0109-3 (9780753801093)
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Person
Frances Partridge was born in Bedford Square in 1900. Family friends included Henry James, Conan Doyle and various members of the Strachey family. She has translated many books and with her husband Ralph edited the Greville Memoirs.