Storm Jameson Livres

One of the 20th century's finest memoirs of literary and political life, with an introduction by Vivian Gornick, who referred to the book as “literary gold” “Stops you in your tracks. I would like to persuade everyone to read it” — Sunday Times A compulsively readable, beautifully written account of a fascinating twentieth-century woman and life. This candid, affecting portrait of a woman who loathed domesticity explores how she sought to balance a literary career with political commitment. Towards the end of her life, the writer Storm Jameson began her memoir by asking, “can I make sense of my life?” This question propelled her through an extraordinary reckoning with how she had lived: her early years in Whitby, shadowed by her tempestuous, dissatisfied mother; an early, unhappy marriage and repeated flights from settled domesticity; a tenaciously pursued literary career, always dogged by a lack of money; and her lifelong political activism, including as the first female president of English PEN, helping refugees escape Nazi Germany. In a richly ironic, conversational voice, Jameson tells also of the great figures she knew and events she witnessed: encounters with H.G. Wells and Rose Macaulay, travels in Europe as fascism was rising and a 1945 trip to recently liberated Warsaw. Throughout, she casts an unsparing eye on her own motivations and psychology, providing a rigorously candid and lively portrait of her life and times.

The second volume in Storm Jameson's autobiography starts on the eve of the Second World War, and encompasses Jameson's involvement as the first female president of PEN, where she met all of the writers and artists of her day, and was pivotal in helping refugee families get to Britain.

La 4ème de couv. indique : "Je vais pouvoir, j'espère, te confier toutes sortes de choses, comme je n'ai encore pu le faire à personne, et j'espère que tu me seras d'un grand soutien." En 1942, la jeune Anne Frank a 13 ans. Elle vit heureuse à Amsterdam avec sa soeur Margot et ses parents, malgré la guerre. En juillet, ils s'installent clandestinement dans "l'Annexe" de l'immeuble du 263, Prinsenchracht. En 1944, ils sont arrêtés sur dénonciation. Anne est déportée à Auschwitz, puis à Bergen-Belsen, où elle meurt du typhus au début de 1945, peu après sa soeur. Son journal, qu'elle a tenu du 12 juin 1942 au 1er août 1944, est un des témoignages les plus bouleversants qui nous soient parvenus sur la vie quotidienne d'une famille juive sous le joug nazi. Depuis la première publication de ce journal aux Pays-Bas en 1947, la voix de cette jeune fille pleine d'espoir hante des millions de lecteurs dans le monde entier."

Republishing classic works from the early 1900s and earlier, this collection focuses on making scarce and expensive books accessible in modern editions. Each volume features the original text and artwork, preserving the essence of these timeless pieces while offering them at an affordable price.

In 1960, Storm Jameson decided to write her memoirs. The result was Journey from the North, one of the great literary autobiographies of the century. Volume One, first published in 1969, tells of her childhood in Whitby before the First World War, the strong ties with her formidable mother, an early love of the sea, her intellectual achievements at university and falling in love. She vividly recalls her first marriage and the birth of her son; then came her first book, work in London, and the deep happiness of her second marriage to Guy Chapman, the novelist and historian. In the thirties she became increasingly involved in politics, and her accounts of the Depression and the rise of Fascism in Europe demonstrate her exceptional understanding of the years between the wars. But the most extraordinary quality of this autobiography is its fine truthfulness. Her candour - about wanting to be an artist, about failures of courage and of love, her devotion to her son and yet a need for a life of her own - is quite exceptional. Journey from the North is a brilliantly told story of a fascinating life.

First published in 1933, this outstanding collection is made up of two short novels, A Day Off and The Single Heart, and three long stories which show the variety of the author's great writing skills that make her one of the most distinguished of women writers. In A Day Off, Jameson tells of a day in the life of a middle-aged woman. A lonely woman, snatching at any relationship she can make. It is a story of great perception and understanding but tinged with bitterness and the inevitable sadness of isolation.

Originally published in 1936, this novel offers a vivid premonition of a British fascist regime only five years in the future, modelling its narrative on the events of Hitler's second year in power and his Night of the Long Knives. Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the interwar years, it is also, in the sheer power of its story-telling, an enthralling novel in the vein of such dystopian fictions as 1984 and Brave New World.

In this fictional diary, the eponymous Mary Hervey Russell recounts her life and experiences in early 20th century England. Through her eyes, readers gain insight into the social and cultural norms of the time, as well as the personal struggles and triumphs of a young woman trying to navigate a rapidly changing world.

Recognized for its cultural significance, this work contributes to the foundational knowledge of civilization. It has been carefully selected by scholars for its importance in understanding historical contexts and societal developments.