Two talks on the changing role of the country house in twentieth-century English fiction by LAURENCE KITCHIN
1: Imperial Weekend
Mr. Kitchin considers the view implicit in L. P. Hartley. Evelyn Waugh. Ivy Compton-Burnett. and other novelists. that the country house served as a focus and emblem for civilised life.
Second talk, Suitors at the gate: October 10