The Shrimp and the Anemone
The Shrimp and the Anemone is a 1944 novel by L. P. Hartley. It is the first novel of the Eustace and Hilda Trilogy, the other two being The Sixth Heaven (1946) and Eustace and Hilda. The novel introduces the story of the siblings Eustace and Hilda.[1]
Plot introduction
[edit]According to Harry Blamires, "The swallowing of a shrimp by an anemone symbolises the central theme."[2] Having lost their mother in childhood, Eustace sees Hilda as a "surrogate mother".[3] The story recounts the story of the summer they spend together at Norfolk coast.[4]
The novel was adapted into a mini-series directed by Desmond Davis in 1977.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "L.P. Hartley | Biography & Books". Britannica. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ Blamires, Harry (1986). Twentieth-century English literature. Macmillan history of literature (2nd ed.). Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-333-42810-8.
- ^ Blamires, Harry (1997). Twentieth-century English literature. Macmillan history of literature (Nachdr. ed.). Basingstoke: Macmillan. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-333-42810-8.
- ^ Hartley, L. P. (2000). The Shrimp and the Anemone. Faber & Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-20382-6.
- ^ Davis, Desmond (30 November 1977), The Shrimp and the Anemone, Eustace and Hilda, Flora Robson, Grant Bardsley, Sarah Webb, retrieved 30 July 2024