Echoes from the Quiet Corner
London: Frederick Muller, Ltd, [1940]. Sixth Edition.
Wraps with flyleafs and yapp edges; Three color front decoration with bold black titles; 4.25 by 6.5 inches; 64 pages. The bindings are tight and square. Text is clean; light, even age-toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with wear with loss on the lower spine. Gift inscription on the rear flyleaf.
This collection of reflective and gentle essays captures the rhythms of everyday life and the subtle beauty found in quiet moments. Strong, the pen name of Winifred Emma May, was a prolific British poet renowned for her accessible and comforting verse, often published in newspapers and periodicals throughout the early to mid-20th century.
This collection exemplifies her signature style: concise, lyrical offering solace, inspiration, and meditative insight into human emotions and the natural world. The essays balance simplicity with depth, presenting moral reflections, spiritual comfort, and observations of ordinary life imbued with grace and sensitivity. Readers are invited into a contemplative space where the ordinary is rendered significant, and hope and reassurance resonate through understated yet poignant imagery.
Subjects: Inspirational Prose, Reflective Essays Daily life, Spirituality, Moral reflection, Nature, Human emotion, Poetry, Inspirational, Reflective Literature.
Item #20929
Price: $14.00
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