A View of the Harbour

from oldblack

It took a while for me to get into this book (was that me or E.Taylor?), but as it went on I was more and more drawn into the story and the characters. There's nothing like a good bit of death and dying to attract my interest! Sure, Taylor is very much a product of the mid-20th century, and I sup...

from rainpebble

I finished A View of the Harbour last evening and loved it. I am finding Elizabeth Taylor to be one of the best Virago writers in that she writes in an such an understated manner, is very subtle, and grows her characters very quietly. Love her writing. I loved the way this one ended and must say ...

from -Cee-

A different kind of book focusing on a handful of characters living in an old fishing village in England. The town is dying and those left are remnants of a by-gone era. Lots of introspection, judgement, and speculation paint a sad picture of what this town and its people have become. You begin t...

from BeyondEdenRock

I live in one harbour-town, I work in another, and Elizabeth Taylor swept me away to another harbour-town in another age. To Newby, a small town on the south coast just after the war. Bertram Hemingway, a retired naval man, was a newcomer to the town. He intended to spend his days painting views ...

from katiekrug

A lovely novel depicting the lives of the inhabitants of a down-at-the-heels seaside resort in Britain just after World War II. Everything's a bit shabby here, wrinkled and threadbare and going soft at the edges. But Taylor's detailing of the everyday, of the misunderstandings, missed opportuniti...