Dig Into Literature

April 19, 2012 | Steven | Comments (1)

While you are waiting to start digging your garden – distract yourself with one of these fine works of literature.

 

Tulip

 

TheLostGarden

Tulip Fever by Deborah Moggach The Lost Garden by Helen Humphreys
Amsterdam in the 1630s went nuts over tulips – who knew a flower could cause such a frenzy! An experimental potato farm in World War II England brings a young woman and a Canadian soldier stationed nearby together.

 

 

 

Garden

 

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The Garden of Reading: an Anthology of 20th Century Short Fiction About Gardens and Gardeners by Michele B. Slung, editor

 

Monday or Tuesday and other  short stories by Virginia Woolf (eBook format)

 

Short stories about gardening from Garrison Keillor, Colette, J.G. Ballard, Eudora Welty and others. This collection includes "Kew Gardens" set in the eponymous botanic garden in London.

 These titles are available in the Languages & Literature Department at the Toronto Reference Library. Monday or Tuesday by Virginia Woolf is available as a downloadable eBook.

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Dig Into Literature

April 19, 2012 | Bill V. | Comments (1)

While you are waiting to start digging your garden – distract yourself with one of these fine works of literature.

 

Tulip

 

TheLostGarden

Tulip Fever by Deborah Moggach The Lost Garden by Helen Humphreys
Amsterdam in the 1630s went nuts over tulips – who knew a flower could cause such a frenzy! An experimental potato farm in World War II England brings a young woman and a Canadian soldier stationed nearby together.

 

 

 

Garden

 

Index.aspx

The Garden of Reading: an Anthology of 20th Century Short Fiction About Gardens and Gardeners by Michele B. Slung, editor

 

Monday or Tuesday and other  short stories by Virginia Woolf (eBook format)

 

Short stories about gardening from Garrison Keillor, Colette, J.G. Ballard, Eudora Welty and others. This collection includes "Kew Gardens" set in the eponymous botanic garden in London.

 These titles are available in the Languages & Literature Department at the Toronto Reference Library. Monday or Tuesday by Virginia Woolf is available as a downloadable eBook.

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