Summer Half :A Virago Modern Classic - Virago Modern Classics
Summer Half :A Virago Modern Classic - Virago Modern Classics
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Published:
1 May, 2014
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781844089697 |
| ISBN10 | 184408969X |
| Number Of Pages | 288 |
| Item Weight | 204 g |
| Product Dimensions | 133 x 197 x 20 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Format | paperback |
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Angela Thirkell is perhaps the most Pym-like of any twentieth-century author, after Pym herself -- Alexander McCall Smith
What sings out is the ebullience and charm of her characters, deliciously sparkling dialogue, a romping plot, her wit and gentle satire, and the escapist satisfaction of neatly tied-up happy endings * bookoxygen.com *
Angela Thirkell is perhaps the most Pym-like of any twentieth-century author, after Pym herself -- Alexander McCall Smith
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Author's Bio
Angela Thirkell (1890-1961) was the eldest daughter of John William Mackail, a Scottish classical scholar and civil servant, and Margaret Burne-Jones. Her relatives included the pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones, Rudyard Kipling and Stanley Baldwin, and her grandfather was J. M. Barrie. She was educated in London and Paris, and began publishing articles and stories in the 1920s. In 1931 she brought out her first book, a memoir entitled Three Houses, and in 1933 her comic novel High Rising - set in the fictional county of Barsetshire, borrowed from Trollope - met with great success. She went on to write nearly thirty Barsetshire novels, as well as several further works of fiction and non-fiction. She was twice married and had four children.