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Summoned by Bells: A Verse Autobiography
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Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Author: John Betjeman
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Summoned by Bells: A Verse Autobiography Description
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811
EAN: 9780374271732
ISBN: 0374271739
Label: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 128
Publication Date: 2006-07-25
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Studio: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Dewey Decimal Number: 811
EAN: 9780374271732
ISBN: 0374271739
Label: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 128
Publication Date: 2006-07-25
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Studio: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Editorial Review of Summoned by Bells: A Verse Autobiography
When I returned from school I found we'd moved:
'53 Church Street. Yes, the slummy end'--
A little laugh accompanied the joke,
For we were Chelsea now and we had friends
Whose friends had friends who knew Augustus John:
We liked bold colour schemes--orange and black--
And clever daring plays about divorce.
--from Chapter 6, "London"
Shortly after it was published in 1960, the modern classic Summoned by Bells was heralded as the verse autobiography of the century. It is a uniquely evocative narrative of the agonies and delights of growing up, set against the backgrounds of Highgate, Cornwall, Marlborough, and Oxford, and recounted in a way that has endeared Betjeman to generations of readers.
'53 Church Street. Yes, the slummy end'--
A little laugh accompanied the joke,
For we were Chelsea now and we had friends
Whose friends had friends who knew Augustus John:
We liked bold colour schemes--orange and black--
And clever daring plays about divorce.
--from Chapter 6, "London"
Shortly after it was published in 1960, the modern classic Summoned by Bells was heralded as the verse autobiography of the century. It is a uniquely evocative narrative of the agonies and delights of growing up, set against the backgrounds of Highgate, Cornwall, Marlborough, and Oxford, and recounted in a way that has endeared Betjeman to generations of readers.