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Bezig met laden... The Mingham Air (1960)door Elizabeth Fair
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I'll definitely be reading more from this author. She's a milder Angela Thirkell. I really enjoyed her gentle tale of family and village. In this story, Hester, recovering from a broken heart, comes to stay with her friends the Huttons. The father is an invalid, the mother is an occasionally vacant artist, the daughter is a rather messy farm girl, and the son is a dissatisfied banker in training. Hester feels that they all need to be "managed" into a more satisfactory state of life. But even Hester has some growing to do. I liked that all the characters in the family each had their time to shine; each of them was recognized as a valid human with both good points and flaws. This was a fun book with a couple of cute, light love stories and plenty of wit. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de uitgeversreeks(en)Furrowed Middlebrow (19)
"The best thing one can say about the Priory is that it would have made a splendid ruin," she stated. "If only the Seamarks had left it alone ..." Hester Clifford has come to Mingham to recover from pneumonia, at the invitation of her godmother, Cecily Hutton, an eccentric painter with a predilection for ruins. Hester determines to bring order to the Huttons' easygoing lives, not to mention those of the villagers--including elderly Mrs. Hyde-Ridley, attempting to enforce her Edwardian standards of behaviour, Mrs. Merlin, the Rector's wife, equally determined to share the joys of country dance with an unenthusiastic parish, and Thomas Seamark, a classic example of the wealthy, brooding widower. Amidst conflict, manipulation, matchmaking, and general hilarity, Hester clearly has her work cut out for her. Furrowed Middlebrow is delighted to make available, for the first time in over half a century, all six of Elizabeth Fair's irresistible comedies of domestic life. These new editions all feature an introduction by Elizabeth Crawford. "Miss Fair's understanding is deeper than Mrs. Thirkell's and her humour is untouched by snobbishness; she is much nearer to Trollope, grand master in these matters."--Stevie Smith "Miss Fair makes writing look very easy, and that is the measure of her creative ability."--Compton Mackenzie Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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