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THWAITE**, ANN: : A.A MILNE - His Life

LONDON.FABER & FABER,1990.

ISBN 0571138888.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj. Photographic portrait dw/dj.Plain blue paper-covered boards with silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,with blue+ white contemporary advert endpapers. Contents bright,tight and clean with light ageing to fore-edges.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,554pp includes sources,notes,3pp select bibliography,16pp b/w photographs and an index. A.A.Milne is one of the most successful English writers ever:his creations - Winnie-the-Pooh, Christopher Robin,Eeyore, Kanga,Tigger,Piglet - have become part of our language and mythology.Yet the man himself has remained an enigma.In some ways he behaved like a conventional golf-playing, pipe-smoking,'very English' person.But he refused to be typecast. Publishers complained when the well-known Punch humorist wanted to try a detective story,and complained again when the successful detective-story writer presented them with a book of children's verses.They stopped complaining when 'When We Were Very Young' turned out to be one of the best-selling books of all time.And yet for Milne himself,and for his son Christopher Robin,the children's books became an almost intolerable burden. In this first biography,Ann Thwaite reveals the man himself,in all his complexity.He had strong political feelings,and was a pacifist even before his experiences on the Somme in 1916. There was always something darker and more tangled under 'the bright glitter of surfaces'.At his father's school,Milne was taught by the young H.G.Wells,who remained a lifelong friend; later, J.M.Barrie called him 'my Mr Milne' and was 'uncommon proud of him'; later still,P.G.Wodehouse became one of his greatest admirers,and a friend - but was then deeply hurt by Milne's strong reaction to the notorious wartime broadcasts.Milne's personal relationships,including those with his wife and son,were not always easy.Here, Thwaite has produced a vivid,sympathetic and entertaining portrait of both the man and his work, set in the context of his time. Already acclaimed for her biographies of Frances Hodgson Burnett and Edmund Gosse,her new book stands as the definitive life of a writer whose work has earned some loathing (for its supposed 'whimsy') but much more devotion among readers of all ages,not only in English-speaking countries but all over the world. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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