Analysis of “Antony in Blue Alsatia” by Eleanor Farjeon

The text under analysis is a short story “Antony in Blue Alsatia” by Eleanor Farjeon. Eleanor was an English author of children's stories and plays, poetry, biography, history and satire ['sxtaIq]. She wrote delightful and distinctive poems for children. Her first novel was “Ladybrook”, a tale of Sussex country life which retained that delicate humorous touch which characterized the work she did for children. Her sensitiveness to beauty and true understanding of the essential qualities of romance find expression in this charming rhapsody ['rxpsqdI]. She won many literary awards and the Eleanor Farjeon Award for children's literature is presented annually in her memory by the Children's Book Circle, a society of publishers.