This page contains details about the fiction book novel on yellow paper by stevie smith published in 1936. Booktopia bookshop search results for stevie smith. Buy novel on yellow paper virago modern classics by smith, stevie from amazons fiction books store. Stevie smith is among the most popular british poets of the twentieth century. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Kindle ebooks can be read on any device with the free kindle app. Novel on yellow paper by stevie smith the 1954th greatest. Pompey casmilus the heroine of smith s debut, novel on yellow paper lives in london with her beloved aunt, bothered by the menace of german militarism, bothered too by the humbug which confronts it, bothered most of all by her hopeless love affair with freddy. Stevie smith project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks.
Novel on yellow paper by stevie smith stevie s alter ego pompey is young, in love and working as a secretary for the magnificent sir phoebus ullwater. And i cannot throw them off, nor altogether do with them or without them. Novel on yellow paper npr coverage of novel on yellow paper. Buy novel on yellow paper or work it out for yourself by stevie smith isbn. The edition i own, in the virago modern classics, describes this this as one of the masterpieces of twentiethcentury literature. Stevie smith captures, with exquisite stillness and delicacy, all the pains of love. Intrigued by its title, i took it off the shelf and read the.
Get an adfree experience with special benefits, and directly support reddit. Click download or read online button to get in search of stevie smith book now. Over the frontier was first published in 1938 and was stevie smith s second novel, closely following novel on yellow paper, beginning where that novel ends. In a passage she deleted from novel on yellow paper stevie smith explained. Novel on yellow paper quotes showing 14 of 4 my friendships, they are a very strong part of my life, they are as light as gossamer but also they are as strong as steel. Stevies alter ego pompey is young, in love and working as a secretary for the magnificent sir phoebus ullwater. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
This is my copy of novel on yellow paper, smith s 1936 debut. Novel on yellow paper virago modern classics book 343 ebook. Note that a limited number of copies will be reprinted on yellow paper. She was called peggy within her family, but acquired the name stevie as a young woman when she was riding in the park with a friend who said that she reminded him of the jockey steve donoghue. A small bookshop in caterham, surrey, was my regular haunt as a teenager and young adult. Novel on yellow paper, by stevie smith the irish times. Pompey works as a secretary for the splendid magazine publisher sir phoebus ullwater, bt. Here i found, among the penguin modern classics, stevie smiths novel on yellow paper. She began writing poetry in her twenties while working at george newnes. Her poem not waving but drowning has been widely anthologized, and her life was celebrated in the classic 1978 movie stevie.
Pompey casmilus works as the secretary of sir phoebus at a magazine publishing company. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Supposedly the novel was written as a result of smith being told by a publisher when she submitted a book of poetry that she should go and write a novel instead. Explore books by stevie smith with our selection at. Novel on yellow paper by stevie smith hachette uk virago books. In between making coffee and typing letters for sir phoebus, pompey scribbles down on yellow office paper her quirky thoughts. Novel on yellow paper by stevie smith books hachette australia. Stevie smith, steel soul of the suburbs books the guardian. Novel on yellow paper by stevie smith stevie smith on.
It relates the story of protagonist pompey casmilus, a secretary who writes her thoughts down on yellow office paper. Novel on yellow paper, over the frontier and the holiday. This is a footofftheground novel that came by the left hand. Her first book, novel on yellow paper, appeared in 1936, and her final collection of poems, scorpion, was published posthumously in 1972. There are distinct intentions behind smiths engagingly. Stevie smith s novel on yellow paper was an enjoyable book in moments and a puzzling book in others. This book is the 1954th greatest fiction book of all time as determined by. While sharing the poetic quality, the quirky humour and caustic wit common to all her work, over the frontier is quite unlike anything else stevie smith. Stevie smiths novel on yellow paper of books and bicycles. Open discussion is accepted, only if being respectful.
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Stevie smiths novel on yellow paper can derive a symbiotic benefit from my doing so. This praise is undoubtedly inflated, but if you have a taste for literary curiosities, as i do, you may enjoy this novel, stevie s. The first novel from stevie smith, one of the countrys favourite poets, was a runaway bestseller on first publication in 1936. Novel on yellow paper, the happy result of this advice, made its author an instant celebrity and was acclaimed at the time as a curious, amusing, provocative and very serious piece of work. Novel on yellow paper by stevie smith was first published in 1936. Here i found, among the penguin modern classics, stevie smith s novel on yellow paper. Stevie smith20 september 1902 7 march 1971 florence margaret smith was born on september 20, 1902 in hull, england. Stevie smith first tried to get her poems published in 1935, but she was told by a publisher to go away and write a novel.
Novel on yellow paper virago modern classics book 343 kindle edition by stevie smith. Rachel cooke on the virago modern classic books the guardian. A powerful novel about cruelty in a world preparing for war. This is the famous novel in which stevie smith first introduced to a delighted world her loquacious alter ego and heroine, pompey casmilus. The british writer stevie smith 190271 is best known for her poems, which were sly. Amongst the work treated here is smith s rarely discussed trilogy of novels. The britishborn smith published several volumes of poetry and three novels during her lifetime 190271, including this 1936 title.
Her father left the family to join the north sea patrol when she was just a young girl. Novel on yellow paper was written by stevie smith, in the 1930s. Greek tragedy, friendship, her aunt, the magnificent lion of hull, marriage, nazism, gossip, and the suburbs. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The writer called stevie smith was also a celebrity called stevie a spiky sprite.
Collected poems and drawings of stevie smith by stevie smith. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Huk considers both the poems and the novels in the light of their cultural and literary context. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading novel on yellow paper. The essential edition of one of modern poetrys most distinctive voices stevie smith is among the most popular british p. It is also worth mentioning that stevie s novel on yellow paper remains in print. Stevie smith 190271 lived in palmers green, london, and for much of her life worked as a secretary for the magazine publishers sir george newnes and sir neville pearson. Novel on yellow paper by stevie smith 6 editions first published in 1937 download daisy. Basically, the novel contains the thoughts of pompey casmilus, a secretary of a magazine publisher. Her prewar novel on yellow paper is an unforgettable work that has nevertheless needed to be rediscovered several times since the day it was first greeted, correctly, as a masterpiece clive james, the new yorker virginia woolfs roving consciousness lies behind the prose in novel on yellow paper, but the tone owes more to dorothy parker. Find novel on yellow paper by smith, stevie at biblio. Her first book, novel on yellow paper, was published in 1936.
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