Mr. Skidelsky makes vivid the excitement of the early 1900's, when brilliancy and eccentricity were the order of the day, rescued from mere self-indulgence by the intensity of the intellectual and moral climate.
Melrose was born in Johannesburg and currently spends much of her time in South Africa; the contrast between the frozen Suffolk farmland of the novel's present-day narrative and the vivid, dust-red excitement of its Zambian backstory lends a unique texture to what might otherwise have felt monochrome and bleak.
"Very educational but doesn't have within its pages a vivid figure and excitement".
Chichester has been vivid with dramatic excitements – Rupert Goold's Macbeth and Enron – and such musical glories as Richard Eyre's The Pajama Game.
That could have been a mantra and a role model for the season: easy clothes with just enough excitement in vivid color to refresh the familiar.
The voice, normally tinged with complaint or suspicion, softens and slows into an almost hypnotic purr; the eyes gleam with youthful excitement and vivid pain as she recalls the highs and lows.
Even the colors seemed rich and rare: wine darkening to eggplant and a deep leaf green that had the front row guest Donatella Versace, in vivid turquoise, gasping with excitement.
The story gives readers a vivid sense of the excitement of the session.
It's the expertly rendered combat scenes and vivid depictions of danger that provide excitement and suspense in this action-adventure tale.
For over 90 minutes, at a subway stop at 110th Street and Broadway, his long and deeply personal relationship with his district was on vivid display, as constituents expressed awe, excitement, anger and disappointment toward the 20-term congressman.
The newcomers in the room feel a sense of excitement and relish the vivid picture of success, but you just roll your eyes and sulk back to your desk.
