Blue Remembered Hills (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Rosemary Sutcliff
- First Published: 1983
- Time of Work: 1920–1950
- Setting: Surrey, Kent, and North Devon, England; and Malta
- Principal Characters: Rosemary Sutcliff, Mrs. Sutcliff, Mr. Sutcliff, Edward, Don, Diana Noble, Mike, Colonel Crookenden (“Crooky”), Rupert King
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Family or family life, Memory, Teenagers, Authors or writers, Autobiography, England or English people, Disabilities or physically challenged persons
- Locales: Surrey, England, Devon, England, Kent, England, Malta
Form and Content
Beginning with imagined memories of her own birth, Rosemary Sutcliff carries her autobiography, Blue Remembered Hills: A Recollection, up to the acceptance of her first books for children nearly thirty years later. The work is arranged chronologically and consists of seventeen short chapters with twelve black-and-white photographs. Throughout the account of her early years, Sutcliff maintains a dual perspective: The sensations that she remembers having are portrayed with simple immediacy, helping the reader to identify with the invalid child Rosemary,...
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