Book Beginnings on Friday & The Friday 56: The Go-Between by L P Hartley

Published on by Margaret

Every Friday Book Beginnings on Friday is hosted by Gillion at Rose City Reader where you can share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading. You can also share from a book you want to highlight just because it caught your fancy.

I’m featuring The Go-Between by L P Hartley, one of the latest books I’ve bought. It’s a book I’ve wanted to read for ages.

Book Beginning:

From the Prologue

The past is a different country: they do things differently there.

Chapter 1

The eighth of July was a Sunday and on the following Monday I left West Hatch, the village where we lived near Salisbury, for Brandham Hall. My mother arranged that my Aunt Charlotte, a Londoner, should take me across London. Between bouts of stomach-turning trepidation I looked forward wildly to the visit.

Also every Friday there is The Friday 56, hosted by Freda at Freda’s Voice, where you grab a book and turn to page 56 (or 56% of an eBook), find one or more interesting sentences (no spoilers), and post them.

Page 56:

This morning, my first Sunday at Brandham Hall, Marcus did not come down with me. He said he didn’t feel well.

Description from Goodreads:

When one long, hot summer, young Leo is staying with a school-friend at Brandham Hall, he begins to act as a messenger between Ted, the farmer, and Marian, the beautiful young woman up at the hall. He becomes drawn deeper and deeper into their dangerous game of deceit and desire, until his role brings him to a shocking and premature revelation. The haunting story of a young boy’s awakening into the secrets of the adult world, The Go-Between is also an unforgettable evocation of the boundaries of Edwardian society. It was adapted into an internationally-successful film starring Julie Christie and Alan Bates.

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What do you think, does it appeal to you? What are you currently reading?

17 thoughts on “Book Beginnings on Friday & The Friday 56: The Go-Between by L P Hartley”

  2. I’ve been wanting to read this forever, Margaret, and just haven’t yet done so. I’m so glad you mentioned it here, because it’s a welcome reminder that I need to do that. I hope you’ll enjoy it, and I look forward to your review of it.

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