Author: Angela Thirkell Year: 1937 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Fiction, Classic, Historical fiction, Humor
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ISBNs: 9781559213110 9781407955841 1559213116 1407955845 |
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The denouement of Philip Winters ill-begotten engagement to featherbrained Rose Birkett is enacted in full view of Southbridge School's extended family during a holiday break. Everyone, including her parents, is rooting for Philip's escape which occurs when Rose breaks it off as the utter dullness of being engaged overwhelms her. Along the way, we enjoy the tea party where Rose, through sheer want of personality bring(s) the talk to her own level and confounds her audience by insisting that Hamlet and Shakespeare are both names of plays (and probably the same one). As in many of Thirkell books, the characters refer to a body of literature, both classic and modern, with a casualness that would be improbable today; the assumption of a shared background and culture having been lost. The ceremony of the Cleaning of the Pond by Lydia, Eric Swan, and a much improved Tony Morland brings the holiday to a satisfactory conclusion as does a match between Kate Keith and Everard Carter.
This book is part of the "Barsetshire" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "Love at All Ages" First published in 1959 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Jutland Cottage" First published in 1953 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Happy Returns" First published in 1952 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "County Chronicle" First published in 1950 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Old Bank House" First published in 1949 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Private Enterprise" First published in 1947 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Peace Breaks Out" First published in 1946 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Miss Bunting" First published in 1945 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Headmistress" First published in 1944 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Marling Hall" First published in 1942 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Northbridge Rectory" First published in 1941 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Before Lunch" First published in 1939 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Pomfret Towers" First published in 1938 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "August Folly" First published in 1936 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Wild Strawberries" First published in 1934 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "High Rising" First published in 1933 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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