The Scent of Water

“The door had dropped yet more on its hinges and it screeched wildly upon the pavement… the curtains of wistaria were the same, and beyond them was the garden, green and wild…”

🌿Elizabeth Goudge, The Scent of Water

• Get a copy: Goudge was inspired by the Chiltern Hills in Oxfordshire near the location of her Rose Cottage

• Introduction: The Chiltern Hills, Themes, and Appleshaw for Goudge's novel

• Wisteria and Rayburns: Details from the beginning of The Scent of Water by Elizabeth Goudge

• Week 1: Finding refuge & the Chilterns

• Lime Avenue in The Scent of Water: Trees of Protection and Delight

• Week 2: The Deepening Life of Appleshaw & the Root of Obedience

• Birds in The Scent of Water: Elizabeth Goudge's list of British birds

• Week 3: Doorways with Goudge

• Finding Shelter During Illness: Facing illness with Cousin Mary

• Week 4: Heroines, Books, and Musical references

• Bookchat: Living Water, the Humble Hero & Knowing by Heart

The Scent of Water by Elizabeth Goudge