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A Delicious Article called Bookish Cakes: from Proust to Barbara Pym by Flora Watkins
A fabulous article to cheer everyone up at this difficult time, what could be better than an article about books and cakes. Many of you will remember the beautiful piece that Flora Watkins wrote for Country Life magazine in 2018 on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Daphne du Maurier’s most famous novel Rebecca. Now you can enjoy her article about cakes in literature, which includes another look at Rebecca as to Mrs de Winter remembers afternoon tea at Manderley.
The Spectator published this article on 27th May 2020. Click here to read it: https://life.spectator.co.uk/articles/bookish-cakes-from-proust-to-barbara-pym/
and click here for Flora’s article about Rebecca at 80: https://www.dumaurier.org/menu_page.php?id=141