“In the year C.S. Lewis published THE LION, THE WITCH & THE WARDROBE, 1950, Naomi Mitchison published a very different fantasy novel for children”

—Prof Rob Maslen on how Naomi Mitchison’s THE BIG HOUSE mixes folklore, class war, global conflicts, & the supernatural

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https://thecityoflostbooks.glasgow.ac.uk/naomi-mitchison-the-big-house-1950/

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