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24%OFFAngela Thirkell - Before Lunch (VMC) - 9780349007403 - V9780349007403
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Before Lunch (VMC)

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Description for Before Lunch (VMC) Paperback. The next instalment of Angela Thirkell's brilliantly satirical English comedies set in the fictional county of Barsetshire, which began with High Rising. Perfect for fans of Stella Gibbons, PG Wodehouse or EF Benson. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
Jack Middleton likes to imagine himself a country squire. At weekends he retires to Laverings Estate with his wife, Catherine. He may be pompous, and they may seem ill-matched, but the couple are devoted to each other. When Jack's widowed sister, Lilian, and her two stepchildren arrive to spend the summer in the neighbouring house, he dreads the intrusion to his idyll: Daphne, capable and ambitious, is too lively for his taste, whereas her brother Denis, a composer, he finds a crashing bore. But their wit and good sense charm the residents of Barchester, and they win ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
VMC
Condition
New
Weight
259 g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349007403
SKU
V9780349007403
Shipping Time
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About Angela Thirkell
Angela Thirkell (1890-1961) was the eldest daughter of John William Mackail, a Scottish classical scholar and civil servant, and Margaret Burne-Jones. Her relatives included the pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones, Rudyard Kipling and Stanley Baldwin, and her grandfather was J. M. Barrie. She was educated in London and Paris, and began publishing articles and stories in the 1920s. In 1931 she ... Read more

Reviews for Before Lunch (VMC)
Charming, very funny indeed. Angela Thirkell is perhaps the most Pym-like of any twentieth-century author, after Pym herself
Alexander McCall Smith The novels are a delight, with touches of E. F. Benson, E. M. Delafield and P. G. Wodehouse
Christopher Fowler
Independent on Sunday
You read her, laughing, and want to do your best to protect ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Before Lunch (VMC)


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