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24%OFFAngela Thirkell - Marling Hall (VMC) - 9780349007441 - V9780349007441
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Marling Hall (VMC)

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Description for Marling Hall (VMC) Paperback. The next in a hugely successful series of charming English comedies set in the fictional county of Barsetshire. Series: Virago Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276.
'You read her, laughing, and want to do your best to protect her characters from any reality but their own' New York Times Mr Marling, of Marling Hall, has begun to accept - albeit reluctantly - that he will probably never be able to pass his wonderful old estate on to his children. The Second World War is bringing an end to so many things, but the Marlings carry on as best they can in the face of rationing and a shortage of domestic help. Into their world arrive Geoffrey Harvey and his ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Virago Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349007441
SKU
V9780349007441
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50

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 Marling Hall (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 ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Marling Hall (VMC)


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