About this title: Of my writing he said, 'I see. It is like the camomile - the more it is trodden on the faster it grows.' Ellen Carstairs is born to write. Orphaned at an early age, she and her brother are brought up in her aunt's evangelical and 'douce' Glasgow household at the turn of the century. Written in epistolary form, The Camomile, a semi-autobiographical novel, was first published in 1922. It records the mind of the aspiring female artist who struggles to carve out writing space when pressure is laid on her enlightened self to bow to more acceptable ideological patterns. Encouraged by the erudite ...
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Description: Good. Ships from the UK. Missing front flyleaf Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Edition: First
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Chatto & Windus, London
Date Published: 1922
Description: First edition. Green cloth. Ownership signature, foredge and edges of the first few leaves a bit foxed, a nice, very good copy without dustwrapper. The first edition of this Scottish novel is uncommon, recently reprinted in the Virago Modern Classics series. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
Date Published: 27/08/1987
ISBN-13:9780860688730ISBN:0860688739
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
Date Published: 27/08/1987
ISBN-13:9780860688730ISBN:0860688739
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Description: Fair. 0860688739 ex-library edition-Cover has a plastic backing and edges of pages are slightly marked-dispatched next working day. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780860688730ISBN:0860688739
Description: Paperback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in good all round condition. Ships within 24 hours. pp., 300grams, ISBN: 0860688739. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Virago, United Kingdom
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780860688730ISBN:0860688739
Description: Very Good- 0860688739. A very good minus used trade paperback without creases to spine with rubbed ends, cover corner creases and edge wear, no writing or stamps-a bright, tidy copy. Available for immediate despatch from our bookshop in Scotland.; Trade PB. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Kennedy & Boyd
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781904999447ISBN:1904999441
Description: New. Of my writing he said, 'I see. It is like the camomile-the more it is trodden on the faster it grows. ' Ellen Carstairs is born to write. Orphaned at an early age, she and her brother are brought up in her aunt's evangelical and 'douce' Glasgow house... read more
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