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The Flower Beneath the Foot (1923)

por Ronald Firbank

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With an introduction by Alan HollinghurstNeither her Gaudiness the Mistress of the Robes, or her Dreaminess the Queen were feeling quite themselves. In the Palace all was speculation . . .Ronald Firbank, described by Alan Hollinghurst as 'one of the most important figures in British fiction in the twentieth century', first published The Flower Beneath the Foot in 1923. Set on the eve of a royal wedding at the fantastical court of King Willie and Her Dreaminess the Queen of Pisuerga, this is an absurd and often melancholy tale of love.An innovative and much-praised novelist, Ronald Firbank has earned his place in the 'canon of camp' and continues to dazzle in this unmissable cult classic.… (más)
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I picked this book up because it was referenced in a Vita Sackville-West biography. It is a silly story based somewhat on the elite of England in the 1930s. Queen Dreariness, Sir Someone, Lady Somebody, Lady Wetme all make appearances in the story. Vita appears in one section as Lady Chillywater who, not to confuse anyone is married to a diplomat named Harold. It is brought up that she writes only under her name and not her husband's name. I am assuming that this may have been entertaining at the time, or for someone familiar with the English elites of that period. The humor, history, and satire was lost on me. ( )
  evil_cyclist | Mar 16, 2020 |
Firbank pretty much at his most outrageous: you'd have a hard time finding a row of tents that was even remotely as camp as this.

As usual, the story isn't particularly important, just a hook to hang Firbank's incomparable dialogue onto, but for what it's worth, the setting is an imaginary foreign court where the crown prince is on the point of ditching his mistress to marry a horsey English princess. We get a wonderful cast of society ladies, Arab florists, nuns, and British expatriates, all conversing in airy non-sequiturs which generally have more than a hint of double-entendre about them. Great fun, but you certainly wouldn't want it to go on at that level for more than 150 pages. ( )
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With an introduction by Alan HollinghurstNeither her Gaudiness the Mistress of the Robes, or her Dreaminess the Queen were feeling quite themselves. In the Palace all was speculation . . .Ronald Firbank, described by Alan Hollinghurst as 'one of the most important figures in British fiction in the twentieth century', first published The Flower Beneath the Foot in 1923. Set on the eve of a royal wedding at the fantastical court of King Willie and Her Dreaminess the Queen of Pisuerga, this is an absurd and often melancholy tale of love.An innovative and much-praised novelist, Ronald Firbank has earned his place in the 'canon of camp' and continues to dazzle in this unmissable cult classic.

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