Little, Big: The Grandparents (5)

Slow Reads: Little, Big

0:00

-16:20

Paid episode

The full episode is only available to paid subscribers of The Unseen Review

Little, Big: The Grandparents (5)

Stepping back in time

Jessie Lethaby

Jul 05, 2025

∙ Paid

4

1

Share

An apple tree in an English country garden. Image found here.

It’s day five of the Little, Big slow read. Click here for yesterday’s post, and here for full introductory details.

Today we step back in time to follow Dr. Drinkwater’s grandparents (and their pretty strange courtship).

This post is for paid subscribers

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts