Wild Strawberries
Author(s): Angela Thirkell; Alexander McCall Smith (Introduction by)
A witty romp through English Country-house life at its most delightfully absurd. At Rushwater House in West Barsetshire, Lady Emily Leslie and her family are entertaining an assortment of house guests, hangers-on, and French monarchists. Amid a perfect welter of rapturous embraces and moonlight madness, a marriage is finally arranged. A glittering summer party provides an hilarious climax to the various intrigues.
Product Information
A sparkling 1930s English romantic comedy, perfect for fans of Stella Gibbons, PG Wodehouse or EF Benson, Angela Thirkell's classic Wild Strawberries is now available as a Virago Modern Classic.
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.
General Fields
- :
- : Little, Brown Book Group Limited
- : Virago Press
- : 0.208652
- : November 2012
- : 198mm X 125mm X 19mm
- : United Kingdom
- : January 2013
- : books
Special Fields
- : Angela Thirkell; Alexander McCall Smith (Introduction by)
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 823.912
- : 288
- : FC
