Book World: Books from another era can act as an escape
Michael Dirda, The Washington Post
Dec. 16, 2020
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The Collected Short Stories of Saki/The Young Visiters/Queen Lucia & Miss MappWordsworth Editions Ltd/Chatto & Windus/Vintage - handout
Like many people, I ve spent much of the past four years suffering from mild but persistent depression, but the recent weeks of post-election chaos, shamefully incited by a spiteful crybaby and his toadies, have been almost more than I can stomach. In a last-ditch effort to regain what is usually called the holiday spirit, I ve taken to fleeing the present, at least now and then, and reading my way into another era.