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2015-11-14T23:41:51+00:00

Apologies – the novel is called The Old Wives Tale – the TV series was called Sophia and Constance.

2015-11-14T23:38:13+00:00

Thank you for this. I just came across the term list slippers for the first time as I was reading Sophia and Constance – Arnold Bennett"Sophia wore list slippers in the morning> It was a habit which she had formed in the Rue Lord Byron – by accident rather than with an intention to utilize list slippers for the effective supervision of servants. These list slippers were the immediate cause of important happenings in St Luke’s Square"

Thanks to you I now know what they are and the ensuing plot makes sens.

Really interesting about the powder magazine also.

2015-08-24T13:42:44+00:00

The first time I read the word list slippers in Madame Bovary,
I had no idea of the meaning of list in this context. The description was fascinating, because of it’s many inferences to the story. I loved your blog. Lottie

Re: List slippers at sea!

2010-07-10T21:15:28+00:00

Yes! It’s true! List slippers everywhere.

List slippers at sea

2010-07-10T18:43:54+00:00

I ran into list slippers just the other day in a Patrick O’Brian book, in which they were worn in
the ship’s powder magazine to prevent sparks.