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The Children of Green Knowe, the first of Boston's six books about the fictional manor house Green Knowe, was a commended runner-up for the 1954 Carnegie Medal. [7] [a] The novel concerns the visit of a young boy, Toseland, to the magical house Green Knowe.
Peter Boston drew the book jacket for Yew Hall and went on to illustrate her children's stories with pictures depicting aspects of the house and gardens, and many of the items contained therein. [6] Boston lived at The Manor for almost 50 years, in which time she created a romantic garden and wrote all her children's books.
The Old Manor House is a novel by Charlotte Smith, first published in 1793. [1] The plot tells the love story of a gentleman, Orlando Somerive, and his aunt's servant, Monimia Morysine. The novel blends gothic, sentimental, and political narrative techniques [ 2 ] [ 3 ] to present a "polemical romance," [ 4 ] depicting the American revolution ...
The Haunting of Hill House is a 1959 gothic horror novel by American author Shirley Jackson. It was a finalist for the National Book Award and has been made into two feature films ( The Haunting , directed by Robert Wise , and its remake ), a play, and is the basis of a Netflix series .
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Tori Spelling dished on what it was like to live in the iconic Spelling family home dubbed “The Manor.” “When I was 12, my parents purchased property that became ‘The Manor,’ and it was ...
Jalna is a 16-book series of novels by the Canadian writer Mazo de la Roche. Jalna is the name of the fictional manor house in which the Whiteoak family lives. The name comes from Jalna, a city in west-central India, where there was a British garrison. In a prequel novel, the house is built by a retired officer of the British army who served in ...
A care provider has issued a warning after two of its homes fell victim to a "Polar Express" Christmas scam. Haughgate House Nursing Home in Woodbridge, Suffolk, and Shipdham Manor in Norfolk, had ...