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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."
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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 (1890-1961) wrote many works of fiction and non-fiction, including twenty-nine 'Barsetshire' novels, which won her great popularity and acclaim. The first of these, High Rising, was published in 1933. Her relatives included Edward Burne-Jones, Rudyard Kipling and Stanley Baldwin, and her godfather was JM Barrie. She was twice married and had four children.
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- PublisherKnopf
- Publication date1938
- ISBN 10 9997532155
- ISBN 13 9789997532152
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages314
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