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The Scarlet Tree, An Autobiography Vol. 2

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First published in 1946 [NOT 1912!]
Published 1946 (first published 1912)
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Helen
Excellent. Both funny and sensitive: describes the Edwardian part of his upbringing, not sparing his eccentric, self-indulgent and unreasonable parents while clearly fond of them. This is an interesting picture of privileged aristocratic life of the period, through the eyes of a child and with the self-awareness of an adult simultaneously. The adults spend all their time either changing their clothes or killing animals, seem to have little real interest in their children (who are handed over to ...more
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