Copyright
Barbara FisherPublished On
2024-09-04Page Range
pp. 43–56Language
- English
Print Length
14 pages
3. Rescue
- Barbara Fisher (author)
Chapter of: Trix: The Other Kipling(pp. 43–56)
After an absence of six years, Alice returned to Lorne Lodge to rescue her children from their misery. She immediately whisked the children away to a country farm, where, joined by their cousin Stanley Baldwin, they generally ran wild. Later she took her children to London, settling across from the old Kensington Museum, where Trix and Rudyard happily roamed through the exhibits of natural wonders and art objects. Before returning to India, Mrs. Kipling enrolled Rudyard at a proper school and sent Trix, aged nine, to attend the Notting Hill School for Girls, where she was found to be poorly educated and oddly ignorant of the world, but surprisingly well-read in fiction, poetry, and Shakespeare, many of whose plays she could recite. During this period, Trix was introduced into social life, provided with intellectual stimulation, and enjoyed emotional calm. At fifteen, Trix made the voyage home, befriending on board Maud Marshall, a bookish girl who would become a life-long friend and correspondent. Returning to India, Trix began her new life with a family she hardly knew in a land she had only dreamed of.
Contributors
Barbara Fisher
(author)Barbara Fisher graduated from Bennington College with a B.A. and received her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in English Literature from Columbia University. For many years, she taught 18th and 19th Century English Literature, mostly at Eugene Lang College, the undergraduate college of the New School University in New York City. She has also been a book reviewer for major U.S. newspapers including the The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe, for which she wrote a book column every other Sunday for fifteen years. This is her first book as an independent scholar. She is currently working on a biography of mid-20th Century cultural and literary critic Lionel Trilling.