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Literary Gardens
The imaginary gardens of writers and poets
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Writers have been inventing and imagining gardens for centuries. They are symbols of paradise and desire; scenes for romance and debauchery; and places for adventure and escape.This book celebrates the most enchanting gardens from literature and re-imagines them with beautiful artworks. Find comfort in the gardens...
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Literary Gardens
This book celebrates the most enchanting gardens from literature and re-imagines them with beautiful artworks.
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Description
Writers have been inventing and imagining gardens for centuries. They are symbols of paradise and desire; scenes for romance and debauchery; and places for adventure and escape.
This book celebrates the most enchanting gardens from literature and re-imagines them with beautiful artworks. Find comfort in the gardens of your childhood (The Secret Garden, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland); reacquaint yourself with classics in a new light (Rebecca, The Great Gatsby); and discover the myriad ways writers use gardens to express themselves (The Pillow Book, The Big Sleep).
Sandra Lawrence and Lucille Clerc present 50 of the most cherished and evocative gardens from literature in this beautiful gift for garden and book lovers.
This book celebrates the most enchanting gardens from literature and re-imagines them with beautiful artworks. Find comfort in the gardens of your childhood (The Secret Garden, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland); reacquaint yourself with classics in a new light (Rebecca, The Great Gatsby); and discover the myriad ways writers use gardens to express themselves (The Pillow Book, The Big Sleep).
Sandra Lawrence and Lucille Clerc present 50 of the most cherished and evocative gardens from literature in this beautiful gift for garden and book lovers.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781836002208
Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 18 September 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Frances Lincoln
Illustration: 30 + colour illustrations
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Lucille Clerc
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 23.0mm
Width: 170.0mm
Height: 225.0mm
Weight: 730g
Pages: 192
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About the Author
Sandra Lawrence is an author and journalist and has written about gardens for, among others, The Daily Telegraph, The Times, English Garden, LandScape, Garden News, Modern Gardens, Hortus and British Heritage. Her seventeen books include The Witch's Garden (2019), The Magic of Mushrooms (2022) and Anthology of Amazing Women (2018). She is also the author of Miss Willmott's Ghosts (2022), a biography of Edwardian plantswoman Ellen Ann Willmott, whose ruined garden fuelled Sandra's own childhood fantasies of treasure hunting in lost gardens.Lucille Clerc is a French illustrator based in London. She mainly works in editorial design and book illustration and sometimes designs interior and exhibition spaces. Her work is inspired by the natural world and the streets and architecture of London.
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