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: Real-life Setting: The Chiltern Hills
Wisteria and Rayburns: Details from the beginning of The Scent of Water by Elizabeth Goudge
Week 1: Finding refuge & the Chilterns
Week 2: The Deepening Life of Appleshaw & the Root of Obedience
Birds in The Scent of Water: Elizabeth Goudge's list of British birds
Finding Shelter During Illness: Facing illness with Cousin Mary
Week 3: Doorways with Goudge
Week 4: Heroines, Books, and Musical references
Bookchat: Transcendence of time & Tapestry of Life
