Liszt: the artist as romantic hero

PERENYI, Eleanor

Little. Brown and Company

“Unlike any other gardening book I know, with its Old World charm, its down-to-earth practicality, its whimsy and sophistication.”—Brooke Astor, The New York Times Book Review A classic in the literature of the garden, Green Thoughts is a beautifully written and highly original collection of seventy-two essays, alphabetically arranged, on topics ranging from “Annuals” and “Artichokes” to “Weeds” and “Wildflowers.” An amateur gardener for over thirty years, Eleanor Perényi draws upon her wide-ranging knowledge of gardening lore to create a delightful, witty blend of how-to advice, informed opinion, historical insight, and philosophical musing. There are entries in praise of earthworms and in protest of rock gardens, a treatise on the sexual politics of tending plants, and a paean to the salubrious effect of gardening (see “Longevity” ). Twenty years after its initial publication, Green Thoughts remains as much a joy to read as ever. This Modern Library edition is published with a new Introduction by Allen Lacy, former gardening columnist for The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times and the author of numerous gardening books. “You do not have to be a good gardener to fall in love with Green Thoughts. It reads with the intrepid assurance of a classic.”—Mary McCarthy, The New York Review of Books “One of those dangerous reference works that you reach for at a moment of horticultural crisis or indecision only to find yourself an hour later browsing far beyond the page where you began.”—The New Yorker

Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden (Modern Library Gardening)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Gardening & Landscape Design

Random House Publishing Group

Sm Quarto, , PP.289, A Classic Of Garden Literature

Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden

Random House]

This collection of essays covers an enormous range of gardening subjects and it will charm and instruct gardeners everywhere.

Vintage

'It is quite unlike any other garden book I know, with its Old World charm, its down-to-earth practicality, its whimsy and sophistication, It is a book to keep by the bedside to read when one is tired of the problems of the day.'--Brook Astor, New York Times Book Review

Green Thoughts : a Writer in the Garden

Pimlico

"MORE WAS LOST reads more delightfully than fiction...perceptive, sensitive, the book is full of anecdotes, glimpses of semi-feudal life, and vignettes of the friends and relatives with whom the Perenyis passed their days." NEW YORK TIMES The author of the gardening classic GREEN THOUGHTS turns to her own past for this enjoyable book. A captivating cast of characters as entertaining as any found in storybooks gives us an inside look at a now bygone age. She writes about her marriage to a Hungarian baron, their life on a Ruthenian estate, and the devastating effects of World War II on their family and friends. Lucid, crisp, and unpretentious, MORE WAS LOST is a joy to read.

More Was Lost

Biographies & Memoirs

Isis Large Print

MORE WAS LOST reads more delightfully than fiction...perceptive, sensitive, the book is full of anecdotes, glimpses of semi-feudal life, and vignettes of the friends and relatives with whom the Perenyis passed their days."  NEW YORK TIMES  The author of the gardening classic GREEN THOUGHTS turns to her own past for this enjoyable book.  A captivating cast of characters as entertaining as any found in storybooks gives us an inside look at a now bygone age.  She writes about her marriage to a Hungarian baron, their life on a Ruthenian estate, and the devastating effects of World War II on their family and friends.  Lucid, crisp, and unpretentious, MORE WAS LOST is a joy to read.

Best known for her classic book Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden, Eleanor Perényi led a worldly life before settling down in Connecticut. More Was Lost is a memoir of her youth abroad, written in the early days of World War II, after her return to the United States. In 1937, at the age of nineteen, Perényi falls in love with a poor Hungarian baron and in short order acquires both a title and a struggling country estate at the edge of the Carpathians. She throws herself into this life with zeal, learning Hungarian and observing the invisible order of the Czech rule, the resentment of the native Ruthenians, and the haughtiness of the dispossessed Hungarians. In the midst of massive political upheaval, Perényi and her husband remain steadfast in their dedication to their new life, an alliance that will soon be tested by the war. With old-fashioned frankness and wit, Perényi recounts this poignant tale of how much was gained and how much more was lost.

More Was Lost: A Memoir (New York Review Books Classics)

Community & Culture

NYRB Classics

She writes about her marriage to a Hungarian baron, their life of a Ruthenian estate, and the devastating effects of WW II on their family and friends. Lucid, crisp, and unpretentious, this re-release of More Was Lost is a joy.

Helen Marx Books

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Liszt: the artist as romantic hero

Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden (Modern Library Gardening)

Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden

Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden

Green Thoughts : a Writer in the Garden

More Was Lost

More Was Lost

More Was Lost: A Memoir (New York Review Books Classics)

More Was Lost