Wild Strawberries

Author: Angela Thirkell; Alexander McCall Smith (Introduction by)

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Price : 29.99 NZD
ISBN : 9781844088843
Publisher : Little, Brown Book Group Limited
Imprint : Virago Press
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Weight (g) : 0.208652
Publication date : 22 November 2012
Dimensions : 198mm X 125mm X 19mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
RRP : 29.99
Availability date : 01 January 2013
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Author : Angela Thirkell; Alexander McCall Smith (Introduction by)
Series : Virago Modern Classics Ser.
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Language : English
Dewey classification : 823.912
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Pages : 288
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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.

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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.

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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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