Absolutely charming between-war romantic novel. Unlike the rest of the novels I've read set in the period between the wars in Britain, this one was actually written then. It was fascinating to see what contemporaries thought of that time period, and of the shifting social classes before the fin...
Merry old EnglandDie seit drei Monaten verwitwete Viola Withers soll aus London zu ihren Schwiegereltern aufs Land ziehen. Mr. und Mrs. Withers, die 39jährige Madge und die 36jährige Tina machen ihrem Namen alle Ehre. Sie kommen der erst 21jährigen Viola reichlich verwittert vor. Dennoch sieht si...
Really enjoying this getting to know Stella Gibbons--her abundant humor, the generosity of her vision. In each of the books I've read so far there hasn't been one main heroine--the focus shifts throughout and you feel as though no one has special priority. Her vision has a wholeness to it. There ...
The Christmas pudding at Cold Comfort Farm will foretell the doom that is to happen in the coming year. Just pray you don't get the coffin nail. In sixteen stories staring everyone from the Starkadders to a young rich girl obsessed with a dancer, to a librarian who thinks she's in love with a wri...