tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post928536022557534443..comments2024-03-27T22:25:42.129-05:00Comments on Reading the Past: Burnt Norton by Caroline Sandon, a real-life Downton-style saga of Georgian EnglandSarah Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-65909568968902275072014-03-18T15:48:21.264-05:002014-03-18T15:48:21.264-05:00Yes, it is - and it's a rather dysfunctional f...Yes, it is - and it's a rather dysfunctional family (as often happens in these sagas!).Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-62767981609467958622014-03-18T15:43:33.396-05:002014-03-18T15:43:33.396-05:00Sounds a family saga as well. Sounds a family saga as well. Mysticahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10941269615559681014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-2056030040039927242014-03-18T10:23:57.228-05:002014-03-18T10:23:57.228-05:00Good catch. Eliot was inspired by the gardens and...Good catch. Eliot was inspired by the gardens and estate at Burnt Norton for his poem of the same name. He paid a visit there in 1934.<br /><br />Here's an <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-2330391/Burnt-Norton-The-Cotswold-house-immortalised-T-S-Eliot-poem-1935-set-famous-new-novel-based-stranger-fiction-history.html" rel="nofollow">article from the Daily Mail</a> about both the history and the novel, along with photos of Burnt Norton today - it's one of those stranger-than-fiction stories.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-21744310488001576952014-03-18T10:12:10.089-05:002014-03-18T10:12:10.089-05:00That title's taken, isn't it? Eliot?That title's taken, isn't it? Eliot?Shelleyhttp://dustbowlstory.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com