I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith
The Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling
A Little Princess, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
"Humanity can be roughly divided into three sorts of people - those who find comfort in literature, those who find comfort in adornment, and those who find comfort in food..." (page 7). I agree with this, and - being a literary sap - thoroughly enjoyed the detail of the book. Books that have beauty starting at sentence-level (word choice, syntax, flow, etc.) intrigue me. I savor books in which every sentence is well-written, and when the plot is interesting as well, that's perfect.
I am curious about the poem at the start. Is it meant to be read as an epigraph? Is it written by Goudge? If it is, was the poem written to accompany the novel, or was the novel written to expand the idea of the poem?
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