darlings
we opened our email (so Modern) this morning and almost fell back onto the plump white cotton pillows as the satin robe fell off the edge of the bed (bear with us) and the SOUND of BELLS from FLORENCE rang out in the early morning…..
courtesy of the glorious Mr. Sophisticate (still anonymous but we hope against hope to persuade him into chronicling his Life and Travels via a “blog” at some point) – here they are:
aren’t they just the most gorgeous thing you ever heard?
shall we stay in Italy for the briefest of moments?
Charlotte Bartlett: In my small way I am a woman of the world. And I know where things can lead to.
“It is fate that I am here,’ George persisted, ‘but you can call it Italy if it makes you less unhappy.”
― E.M. Forster, A Room with a View
“Then she lay on her back and gazed at the cloudless sky. Mr. Beebe, whose opinion of her rose daily, whispered to his niece that that was the proper way to behave if any little thing went wrong.”
― E.M. Forster, A Room with a View
George Emerson: My father says there is only one perfect view, and that’s the view of the sky over our heads.
Cecil Vyse: I expect your father has been reading Dante.
dearest Sophisticate – thank you thank you.
more glorious travels ahead please.
Firenze via LA in Seoul…lovely. :)
isn’t the magical-nature-of-life-viewed-via-internet-protocol just the Best?
*wavingtoseoul*!
I needed this today. So lovely! I’m reading The Enchanted April, which is along the same lines of escape and inspiration.
we ADORE Enchanted April.
did you also see the movie version?
quelle delicious bobbed hair and satin dresses as the Irish Question raged outside….
Thanks for sharing this with us! “A Room with a View” is my favorite book, and I just adore the movie. I re-read it every other year…and of course, I love Florence. Have a wonderful day! Cheers, Mrs. J
So very lovely.
Talk about a romp!
Speaking of which, if you search under “Room With A View bathing scene” on YouTube… ;-)
oh yes.
remember it well.
poor simon callow.
Oooooh… the memories :) Thank you for sharing the sound of Florence with us
wasn’t it amazing to hear it?
we did feel quite Faint.
Dearest G
Aaahhh… the young Helena, the young Daniel Day and the Dames and a ‘bob for the driver’ and Rev Beebe and the naked swimming ‘that scene’ and the music and Eleanor Lavish and the question mark… but most of all Freddy.
Yours ever
The Perfumed Dandy
ah yes. Freddy.
last seen playing a dastardly politician in some BBC programme as we recall?
Dearest G
Yes indeed after something of an hiatus Mr Graves seems to be forever present on our screens again these days.
Yours ever
The Perfumed Dandy
Spreading happiness, I see. As this was just the most Glorious part of my day. “A Room with a View” is frequently my favorite movie of all time, save for only when the sweetness of Roman Holiday edges forward…
it is a delicious movie indeed!
*wavingtofrance*