#Elizabeth Goudge

[fictionadventurer]

I'm fascinated by the way Elizabeth Goudge writes books that couldn't be adapted into movies. Stories that are so internal that there's almost nothing to watch. In book form, you're watching these people undergo intense, world-shattering transformations full of layers and layers of spiritual epiphanies, and in a movie, you'd be watching these people...have a picnic. Walk through a garden. Maybe have a conversation about a marriage. It's a story that can only be told through literature because of the way it lets us get so deep into their minds and hearts, and I'm not saying that necessarily makes it a better class of literature than more-adaptable books, but it's sure taking advantage of the form in a wonderful way.

#books #elizabeth goudge #the rosemary tree #okay there are things happening #and probably enough plot twists that you could film something #as long as you make these characters verbalize some of their interior thoughts #but it would be the barest layer of the surface compared to the vast depths of the novel #i keep getting struck by how much story there seems to be #and then realizing how very little is physically happening

[petaltexturedskies]

As this world becomes increasingly ugly, callous and materialistic it needs to be reminded that the old fairy stories are rooted in truth, that imagination is of value, that happy endings do, in fact, occur, and that the blue spring mist that make an ugly street look beautiful is just as real a thing as the street itself.

Elizabeth Goudge, from Linnets and Valerians

#Elizabeth Goudge

[rabbits-of-negative-euphoria]

I may not have enjoyed The Little White Horse, but I must say, for a book written in the 1940s and set in the Victorian era, there is mention of an iced coffee, which upended my entire understanding of beverages history

#- HK #Elizabeth Goudge #history #x

[crystalized-chrysanthemums]

Sorry I was gone for a while, here is a little watercolor painting I did of Maria Merryweather from The Secret of Moonacre. Hope you like it 💕

#artists on tumblr #beginner artist #amateur artist #art #artistblr #watercolor #watercolor art #maria merryweather #the secret of moonacre #secret of moonacre #the little white horse #elizabeth goudge

[teabooksandsweets]

#elizabeth goudge #booklr #adultbooklr #book poll

[itspileofgoodthings]

Elizabeth Goudge loves to present you with an unhappily married couple where love is still present on at least one side and then through the story and the requisite moment of grace and time of suffering rekindle their love and understanding for each other and it is so valid of her.

#elizabeth goudge #it’s always like ‘they’re unhappy. they’re stuck. and yet he loved her still’ #and you’re like ahh. we will see this reconciliation #and we DO and it’s AMAZING #and tbh and to be Frank it’s always through a very compellingly written physically charged moment #where they’re reminded that they’re Married #and there’s not only a spark there but a physical belonging and rightness #she’s kind of the dream/ideal for me in terms of writing about Marriage and Sex #with restraint and delicacy but also—truth #she knew the truth and the truth is that sometimes you’re a tired unhappy goudgian female character #and there’s surprising strength in your husband’s arms #ANYWAY

[matyas-ss]

The Secret of Moonacre (2008)

Directed by Gábor Csupó

Cinematography by David Eggby

#art #art history #aesthetic #film photography #beautiful photography #film #movie #cult film #young royals #royal aesthetic #princesses #a little princess #princess core #artists on tumblr #aestethic #fashion #the little white horse #elizabeth goudge #fairy tales #fairies #faerie #fairy cottage #cottage garden #cottage aesthetic #cottage vibes #cottage core #cottagecore #gabor csupo #foto #princesas

[argentvive]

Anonymous asked: Does soul correspond to heart and spirit to mind, or is it vague? This is actually a very good question, one which doesn't have an obvious answer.

In a work of literature, authors almost always use the trio of heart-mind-body characters. In this they are reflecting the correspondences laid out in Mylius' Mundus elementaris, as I've explained before. (The parts of the body are labeled on the bottom right: "Cor" means Heart, "Cerebrum" means brain, mind.)

But as you note, there is a different, parallel system, where the three substances are spirit, soul, and body, as in this engraving by Khunrath (see the red labels "Spiritus," "Anima," and "Corpus" on the triangle at the center).

I have just assumed that writers find it easier or more compelling to write characters who embody the qualities of heart--caring for others, bravery, occasional rashness--and of mind--intelligence, wisdom, caution. How would you distinguish between a "soul" character and a "spirit" character?

Nevertheless, there is one fantasy author who DID use the soul-spirit dichotomy, Elizabeth Goudge in The Little White Horse. She did it by simply labeling her protagonist and her partner as such at the end of the book.

We first encounter this idea when the protagonist, Maria Merryweather, sees the family motto emblazoned over the fireplace:

The brave soul and the pure spirit shall with a merry and a loving heart inherit the kingdom together. 

The motto functions as the prophecy for the story. Maria will join in a permanent Chemical Wedding with her husband, Robin, and they will rule the kingdom of Moonacre together.

Maria is the Moon Princess in the story and thus marked, conventionally, as Female/White/Argentvive/Moon. At the end of the story, Maria and Robin marry and fulfill the family motto. Maria is explicitly called the "pure spirit" and Robin the "brave soul." So this suggests that for Goudge at least, "spirit" aligns with mind, female, white, argentvive, moon, whereas "soul" aligns with heart, male, red, sulphur, sun.

However, as the protagonist of the story, Maria has to be heart. And she displays all the typical Heart qualities: courage, empathy, a bit of rashness.

#asks #alchemy #elizabeth goudge #the little white horse

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Elizabeth Goudge - Die weiße Hexe - Rowohlt - 1986

#witches #hexen #occult #vintage #die weiße hexe #the white witch #rowohlt #elizabeth goudge #1958 #1986

[clarythericebot]

Elizabeth Goudge is so good at writing children???? It has legit been ages since I've read a kid that is not from a children's novel to be written well. There's so much love and empathy towards them. gah

#Elizabeth Goudge #clary scribbles

[theaskywalker]

Secret of Moonacre (2008)

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[fictionadventurer]

I have been curious about Elizabeth Goudge for quite a time now (thanks to you), but of course I don't have easy access to her works, so I was wondering if you could write some sort of orientation of how to navigate her stories, which are to be preferred first, etc? Mostly interested in her non-children-oriented books (nothing against the thing per se, I just have a harder time with it).

I don't have easy access to her work either, so I've mostly just read from among the handful of books that happen to be on hoopla.

Of the ones I've read, The Dean's Watch and The Rosemary Tree are by far my favorites. Life-changing literature for me.

The Dean's Watch is set in a Victorian cathedral town, and is about a developing friendship between the dean of a cathedral and a master clockmaker, and how it transforms various relationships. I can't get any more specific than that, but it's a very, very Advent book.

The Rosemary Tree centers around a newly-released prisoner coming to an English country town, getting work as a gardener, and getting entangled in the lives of the local priest's family and some schoolteachers. It's very much a springtime book, all about growth, repentance, forgiveness, renewal, and second chances.

Green Dolphin Street is perhaps her best known book (of her adult work), about a man who meets two sisters and later accidentally marries the wrong one. I've only read part of it so far, and did like what I read. Note that the people who have finished it call it a masterpiece and also emotionally devastating.

The Elliot trilogy is also fairly well-known saga about a family in a country town. I've read the second and third books. The second is titled either The Herb of Grace or Pilgrim's Inn depending on if you're in America or Britain, and it's about a young family buying and restoring a house that was one a medieval inn. It is absolutely peak cottagecore. The Heart of the Family follows the family post-WWII as a concentration camp survivor comes there to find healing, and the main couple heals their marriage. I liked the former book more than the latter, but they're both excellent examples of Goudge style, if not as transcendant as some of the others.

The only other book of hers I've read so far is The Scent of Water, and to be honest, I remember nothing about it. It's very much in her style of nature + family + poetic writing + spiritual revelations, but I can't for the life of me tell you what the plot was.

That's about all the guidance I can offer you on her works. There are a lot of people who are a lot more widely read in her works than I am (@teabooksandsweets is the local expert, who doesn't seem to be around lately, but maybe checking her blog could be a better starting point.)

#answered asks #elizabeth goudge #thatscarletflycatcher #pilgrim's inn #the heart of the family #the dean's watch #the rosemary tree #sorry if this isn't what you were looking for #but unfortunately 'reviews of what i've read' are all i can offer

[misscrawfords]

I've fallen so in love with this book that I had to get my own copy!

#torminstertravels #a city of bells #elizabeth goudge

[monstrousgourmandizingcats]

(book ask, one word/book): melody, dawn, labyrinthine

For some reason these all make me think of The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge, even though I've only read that book once and mostly only think of it when others bring it up. It is a book I enjoyed, though.

Give me a word and/or a color and I’ll tell you which of my favorite books/series it reminds me of and why!

#books #reading #elizabeth goudge #give me love give me memes #rebeccadumaurier

[tea-books-and-middleearth]

Top Ten Tuesday - Childhood Favourites (Freebie)

Top Ten Tuesday – Childhood Favourites (Freebie)

Hi friends, I’ve decided to start up with Top Ten Tuesday, I used to do this every week on my old blog and I thought it would be nice to get back into it. This week’s topic is a freebie and I couldn’t think of my own topic, so I looked back at the list of past topics and decided to do Childhood Favourites. Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by Jana over at That Artsy Reader Girl (more…)

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#chestnut hill #daisy meadows #deltora quest #e nesbit #elizabeth goudge #emily rodda #frances hodgson burnett #kathy helidoniotis #lauren brooke #magdalen nabb #mary stanton #rainbow magic #rowan of rin #the enchanted horse #the little white horse #the railway children #the secret garden #Top Ten Tuesday #totally horse mad #unicorns of balinor

[teabooksandsweets]

Top 5 Elizabeth Goudge novels?

Aaaahhh!!! Best question! Thank you so much!

Oh dear... which?

The Herb of Grace

The Dean's Watch

The Rosemary Tree

Gentian Hill

Henrietta's House

#elizabeth goudge #literature #book recs #book recommendations #ask games #personal