The Little White Horse: Week 1
Illustrations, Silverydew and the West Country's green hills
“There was a lovely graceful Adam fireplace, with the carved woodwork of the mantel sweeping up to form a picture frame, with delicate pillars at the sides and some words carved above. 'The brave soul and the pure spirit shall with a merry and a loving heart inherit the kingdom together.' Within the frame was a queer dim oil painting. Maria had to stare at it for some while before she could make out the subject of it, but when she did make it out her heart suddenly missed a beat. For it showed a little pure-white horse and a brave-looking tawny animal rather like Wrolf cantering along a forest..”
Elizabeth Goudge, The Little White Horse
Welcome…
to our week 1 discussion of The Little White Horse! We will talk about the first three chapters this week, and three per week until the end. I have a few more illustrations for these chapters, some D-Day history (for its 80th anniversary), a look at the West Country, village inspiration for Silverydew and some reading questions for you! Quite the spread this week!
I’ve also sprinkled through this post some passages containing important plot points for the dramatic story ahead:
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