Intro :
 GL&PPP society was written by 2 authors : Mary Ann Shaffer and her niece Annie Barrows. M A Shaffer passed away in 2008 => didn’t get to see the novel come out , however it was her idea at the beginning
 WW2 : finished , its consequences are depicted through letters between ≠ characters : members of the L&PPP society & Londoners
 Our extract : beginning of exchange of letters between Dawsey Adams & Juliet Ashton. Him : inhabitant of island of Guernsey, Her : writer, Londoner. Subject of his first letter : he has got a book with her address & name on the cover. Real reason : wants to have books bcse they’re rare even if German Occupation is finished
 These 2 letters: show us topics of whole novel = historical context of island of Guernsey & of London + litterature : deeply important in life of characters. Thus we will see these 2 aspects + then epistolary genre.

I : POST-WAR CONTEXT
German Occupation : over => people can contact each other, can write to each other = reason why Dawsey takes opportunity to write to J.A. the 12th of January. War finished but books still missing : Dawsey wants to read more.
1/ 2 Protagonists with nothing in common
 Dawsey Adams : citizen of Guernsey, farmer “I live on my farm” p.9
 Juliet Ashton : homeless in London, has lost her flat “I no longer live on Oakley Street” p.12 but stays in the Central London area of Chelsea bcse artist’s place of living
 Don’t seem to have anything in common : but have just 1 commong point : lived hard conditions of living during the WW2
2/ Privations & Scars
 References to restrictions bcse of German Occupation (even if they are no longer on the island) : “through the Germans are gone now, there’s aren’t any bookshops left on Guernsey” p.9 “ a roast pig we had to keep secret from the German soldiers” : can’t keep animals, had to give