House of Fiction
Description
In House of Fiction we encounter Jane Austen drinking 'too much wine' in the lavish ballroom of a Hampshire manor, discover how Virginia Woolf's love of Talland House at St Ives is palpable in To the Lighthouse , and find Evelyn Waugh remembering Madresfield Court as he plots Charles Ryder's return to Brideshead.
Drawing on historical sources, biographies, letters, diaries and the novels themselves, House of Fiction opens the doors to these celebrated houses, while offering candid glimpses of the writers who brought them to life.
More details
Person
Phyllis Richardson has written several books on architecture and design, including the highly successful XS series, Nano House and Superlight . She has also written on architecture, urban development and travel for the Financial Times , The Observer and DWELL magazine, and reviewed literary fiction in the TLS and other journals.
She is currently the co-ordinator of the Foundation Year in English and Comparative Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London.
