![]() ![]() Two strands of fiction in particular can be seen to emerge in the post-war years” historical fantasy and time travel ( Children’s Literature, An Illustrated History, p. “If history and costume fiction gave way to a new kind of psychological novel in such work as Rosemary Sutlciff’s, it also gave place to fantasy. ![]() He has been starved of affection since his mother died and has attended boarding school at a young age as British children of his class did, especially if their parents worked overseas. Oldknow is comfortable with these shadows as they have been her companions for many years but it is interesting how readily young Tolly embraces his new home and its inhabitants. My Impression: Lucy Boston based Green Knowe on her own home, a twelfth-century manor house beside a river which, memorably, has flooded at the beginning of this book, accentuating the isolation – Tolly and his great-grandmother are virtually alone (with a few servants) in a mysterious house that is populated by children of long ago. ![]()
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