Word: misses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...coherence. Characters slipped along easily from book to book, much as they do in the vaster schemes of Trollope. In Crampton Hodnet (written around 1940 but prepared for publication only now by Pym's literary executor), one comes upon two old friends from Jane and Prudence (1953), tyrannical old Miss Doggett and her younger paid companion, the self-effacing Miss Morrow. Their props and surroundings are familiar too: the excellent women "full of good sense," the pampered Anglican priests, the warmth of a musquash coat, the bedtime balm of Ovaltine, the ultimate taste test -- does one take China...
...some things are altered. In Jane and Prudence, the ladies live, appropriately, in an anonymous village. In this book Pym places them a bit awkwardly in the academic setting of Oxford, where she herself was educated. Miss Doggett is about the same, a tactless, sanctimonious bully robed in purple and decorated with bespoke hats. The feather-light Crampton Hodnet is about three brief romances, two of which Miss Doggett tries to meddle with and one that she misses completely, although it involves her companion and the curate who boards with...
...nice out, or even better, if you have a car, the trip is worth it. The Hen--or the Green Chicken, as the faithful call it--stocks more than twice as much as most late-night stores, and it's usually fresher. While you're there, don't miss out on the open deli, where you can get a relatively good and large sandwich for relatively little money. There are also tables at which you can sit around with friends while pounding your coffee, smoking your cigarettes, and reading tomorrow's Globe...
...American first-runs this summer. And if you're willing to trek into Boston for a movie then you probably wouldn't mind heading up to the Somerville Theater (55 Davis Sq.). One of Boston's oldest moviehouses, the Somerville has an ambiance of chic grime. But don't miss this house that looks like it could easily be revamped into a punk palace. It's got pink walls and even a real balcony. The Killing Fields and Clockwork Orange will fill the screens several times this summer, and a rock series will make its way into the oldtime theater...
...between his cocktails and his flowers. 'One time he killed a man who had found out that he was nephew to Von Hindenburg and second cousin to the devil. Reach me a rose, honey, and pour me a last drop into that there crystal glass.' " In The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Spark's prepubescent girls wonder, as children always will: " 'Miss Brodie said they clung to each other with passionate abandon on his last leave.' 'I don't think they took their clothes off, though,' Sandy said. 'Do you?' 'No. I can't see it,' said Jenny...