Things that make life more pleasurable:
A well stocked drinks cabinet
An immaculate wardrobe
Cabinets of curiosities
Joseph Cornell
Entertaining evenings
An efficient kitchen
Afternoon tea
Food reform
Archaeology
Historical Research
Robert Donat
Stewart Granger
Long walks & repairing to local hostelries
Sartorially elegant ladies and chaps everywhere; especially those of a vegan persuasion. Should you wish to send a message along with any friend request, well, that would be most pleasant.
Just a few that come to mind for the moment...
A Matter of Life and Death
The Wicked Lady
The 39 Steps
Marked Woman
The Big Sleep
Make Mine Mink
La Grande Vadrouille
Captive Heart
A Canterbury Tale
Night Mail
Gainsborough pictures & the occasional Ealing Comedy....
Radio, rather...
the BBC
CRI
Oh! the joy of lying in bed with a morning coffee and a good book or, during periods of inclement weather, idling in front of a roaring fire with a peaty malt and a similarly good book. Favourite authors for these occasions:
Wilkie Collins
Jane Austen
Charles Dickens
Mrs. Radcliffe
Sarah Grand (though, it must be said, rather mawkish)
Edgar Allen Poe
Arthur Conan Doyle
Nancy Mitford
André Gide
Gustave Flaubert
particularly good reads:
Moll Flanders - Daniel Dafoe
Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
the memoirs of Hariette Wilson
Le Grand Meaulnes - Alain-Fournier
The Aran Islands - John Millington Synge
and essential reference books:
Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management
Lady Troubridge's Book of Etiquette
and journals:
The Female Tatler - sadly only published from 1709 until 1710
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