7 August 2023

Novel by Angela Milne republished


Every so often over the years, more in hope than expectation, I've trawled the internet in search of a copy of One Year's Time, a rare novel by Angela Milne, niece of A.A. Milne. I first came across it in the National Library of Scotland in the mid-eighties when researching the plays of her uncle; like him, she had worked for Punch and had a light and appealing prose style. 

I contacted her directly around then and complimented her on the book; I received a charming reply in which she shared some of her memories of her famous relative. Sadly, my filing system means it may take a few aeons to locate that reply - though I recall its spidery writing and think I'm representing her correctly in saying that he was keen on Dickens, particularly David Copperfield, but that his plays were "a little fluffy", at least when she looked back on them nowadays. 

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