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This novel centers around the weekend party that Alice Barton, a shy English girl, attends at Pomfret Towers, the magnificent seventeenth-century home of Lord Pomfret. Alice's mother, Mrs. Barton, has decided that now is the time that timid, home-centered Alice, must learn to socialize. Alice, mustering all of her courage, agrees to join the gathering at the elegant Towers. Though painfully shy at first, Alice soon breaks out of her shell. She begins to mingle with the other young guests, develops friendships, and even falls in love. The story also portrays the competition between two mothers (Phoebe's and Alice's), both authors. Mrs. Rivers comes up short.
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From the Publisher:
This is Angela Thirkell at her best. She gives us an insider's look at the pomp, ceremony and general goings-on in a pre-World War II English county home. The competition between Phoebe's and Alice's mothers is intense. Both are published authors, and both are moving their daughters to best advantage. "Matrimonial score: two goals, one miss."
About the Author:
Mrs. Rivers, an exceedingly succesful novelist, comes up short on several fronts. Her son and daughter test her wits and social acumen. It is all good fun for those not receiving the brunt of this comedy of manners. And Pomfret Towers is the quintessence of manners gone awry.
Thirkell's stylish prose and generous, yet acutely observant, comedy offers a feast of reading that is cultivated, nourishing, refreshing and restorative.
Angela Thirkell, granddaughter of pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones, was born in London in 1890. Related to Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, cousin to Rudyard Kipling, mother of Colin Maclnnes and Graham Mclnnes, Thirkell was one of the most famous comic novelists of her day. She died in 1961 just before her seventy-first birthday.
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- PublisherMoyer Bell Ltd
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1559213027
- ISBN 13 9781559213028
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages272
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