- Paperback: 104 pages
- Publisher: Historical Publishing; 1st edition (April 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0956531709
- ISBN-13: 978-0956531704
- Product Dimensions: 21 x 14.6 x 0.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 559,396 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Discovered in 2009, this superbly written diary has been published with kind permission and foreword by the diarist's daughter. Enid, a member of the famous Darlington Pease family and lifelong diarist, eloquently tells the story of her August 1901 vacation amongst the native fisherfolk and resident artist colony in Staithes (including Dame Laura Knight; then Johnson), where she has been visiting annually as early as 1897. She arrives concealing high hopes that a mystery artist and love interest, revealed only as 'D', will also be returning to stay, only to find him absent. Will he arrive or not?.... Amongst other tales, there are fascinating accounts of church services, a mad-man on the rampage, and a cricket match between the Staithes artists and a team of Whitby visitors. Some of the local dialect in the narrative is spelt phonetically and absolutely wonderful. There are also numerous pen and ink illustrations of the characters sketched by Enid and a section acquainting the reader with Staithes and old photographs. Reading this diary is guaranteed to transport you back to the time, the place, the hour.
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I am so glad my husband bought this book for me. As the book title suggests it is a 'Diary', set in the coastal village of Staithes. This is a book well worth the investment, a true account in the life and times of Enid Robinson, a young lady on holiday in 1901 accompanied by her mother in an era when young ladies were chaperoned for means of protection from, and indeed not permitted to make flirtacious advances to, the opposite sex - not at all like it is today! The diary is all the more enchanting due to Enid's amazing illustrations; intriguing and interesting by the warming Foreword written by Enid's Daughter Honor; and background information added by James Hunt the Editor, on how he came about the Diary, how the Village of Staithes changed due to the arrival of the Railway, about the Artists who flocked there, and about the local Fisherfolk of Staithes at that time. The Diary is extremely well written and one can only imagine how well presented the original manuscript must be. The published book would suit very well to be added to the Schools Book List for English Literature as it is historical of how life was like in 1901 - alongside Jane Austen BUT IT'S REAL NOT FICTION!
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