Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

I Left My Grandfather's House

4/5 ( ratings)

The third volume in Enitharmon’s Denton Welch series is his autobiographical novella I Left My Grandfather’s House, written in 1943, first published posthumously in 1958 and only briefly in print since. In the novella Welch recounts a walking tour undertaken in southern England ten years before, while he was a painting student at the Goldsmiths’ School of Art. His many adventures along the way are described with a characteristic lyricism and energy, as well as with a sense of nostalgia not only for the pre-war world, but also for the innocent enjoyment of existence in the years before Welch was permanently disabled by a life-threatening accident. As Edmund White has written: ‘Welch has the power to generate interest out of even the most meagre materials. He had this gift from the beginning but suffering and illness refined it into a white-hot flame.’

Language: English

Pages: 156

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Allison & Busby

Release: May 10, 1984

ISBN: 0850316065

ISBN 13: 9780850316063

I Left My Grandfather's House

4/5 ( ratings)

The third volume in Enitharmon’s Denton Welch series is his autobiographical novella I Left My Grandfather’s House, written in 1943, first published posthumously in 1958 and only briefly in print since. In the novella Welch recounts a walking tour undertaken in southern England ten years before, while he was a painting student at the Goldsmiths’ School of Art. His many adventures along the way are described with a characteristic lyricism and energy, as well as with a sense of nostalgia not only for the pre-war world, but also for the innocent enjoyment of existence in the years before Welch was permanently disabled by a life-threatening accident. As Edmund White has written: ‘Welch has the power to generate interest out of even the most meagre materials. He had this gift from the beginning but suffering and illness refined it into a white-hot flame.’

Language: English

Pages: 156

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Allison & Busby

Release: May 10, 1984

ISBN: 0850316065

ISBN 13: 9780850316063

More books from Denton Welch

In Youth is Pleasure & I Left My Grandfather's House

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Maiden Voyage

A Voice Through a Cloud

4.2/5 ( ratings)

The Stories of Denton Welch

4.3/5 ( ratings)

In Youth Is Pleasure

Where Nothing Sleeps: The Complete Short Stories and Other Related Works

4.6/5 ( ratings)

A Stick Of Green Candy (Four Corners Familiars)

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Where Nothing Sleeps: The Complete Short Stories and Other Related Works, Volume One

Ungdoms sødme

Na Juventude Está o Prazer

Where Nothing Sleeps Volume Two: The Complete Short Stories and Other Related Works

Full Circle

A Last Sheaf

La palabra odiosa

In Youth Is Pleasure

Primer Viaje

Literatura na świecie 7-8/2023

Where Nothing Sleeps: The Complete Short Stories and Other Related Works

Full Circle

Rate this book!

Write a review?