In his masterpiece "Kim," Kipling did the same for the lingo of Russo-British rivalry ("the great game"), but Chandler and le Carré devised, as they say, an entire world, increasingly detailed and comprehensive, a joy for adepts and for the quickly initiated.
Particularly if you were after evocations of "soaring joy" rather than detailed mechanics.
The sets, by Boris Kaminsky, are a particular source of joy, revealing the detailed charm of the painted-flat, illusionistic 19th-century scenery.
Looking at the structure of sentences, deciding whether to move a clause, finding a different adjective – it has been a little nightmarish, but part of the joy is in the detailed working with these texts".
Joy of learning Combining league tables with detailed central government proscription of the national curriculum gradually drove creativity and the joy of learning out of education, alongside subjects like music, art and drama, which were considered marginal.
But George was also a dutiful son, writing touching, detailed letters to "Mummy and Daddy," an obligation, or a joy, that he maintained into middle age.
Part of the joy in Penrose's work appears in the detailed captions that accompany each grizzled figure.
Every time we mentioned our seven-person caravan, where 10 of us were staying, they either keeled over from 'simply bloody hysterical' jokes about the joys of intimate holidays or asked us for detailed instructions on how to get there.
Much of the document is devoted to a detailed exposition of how a lifelong partnership between two people has the potential bring joy, comfort and companionship.
