August Folly by Angela Thirkell
It's August in the Barsetshire village of Worsted, and Richard Tebben, just down from Oxford, is contemplating the gloomy prospect of a long summer in the parental home. But the numerous and impossibly glamorous Dean family - exquisite Rachel, her capable husband and six of their nine brilliant children - have come for the holidays, and their hostess Mrs Palmer plans to rope everyone into performing in her disastrous annual play. Surrounded by the irrepressible Deans, Richard and his sister Margaret cannot help but have their minds broadened, spirits raised and hearts smitten.-
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Jamaica Inn
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My Cousin Rachel
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Frenchman's Creek
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Excellent Women
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Mrs Palfrey At The Claremont
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84 Charing Cross Road
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The House on the Strand
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Girl, Interrupted
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Carrie's War
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The Yellow Wallpaper
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The Scapegoat
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Jane And Prudence
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Castle Dor
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A Woman In Berlin
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The Birds And Other Stories
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The Thorn Birds
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Good Behaviour
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The Group
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Heartburn
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Loitering With Intent
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Some Tame Gazelle
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A Far Cry From Kensington
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South Riding
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The Enchanted April
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The Secret Diaries Of Miss Anne Lister: Vol. 1
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West With The Night
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The Loving Spirit
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Our Spoons Came From Woolworths
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Crampton Hodnet
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No Fond Return Of Love
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The Glass-Blowers
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Union Street
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Angel
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Less Than Angels
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A View of the Harbour
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The Vet's Daughter
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The Yellow Wallpaper And Selected Writings
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Precious Bane
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The Women's Room
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High Rising
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 bookoxygencom Angela Thirkell is perhaps the most Pym-like of any twentieth-century author, after Pym herself -- Alexander McCall Smith
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844089680 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844089681 |
| Title | August Folly |
| Author | Angela Thirkell |
| Series | Virago Modern Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2014-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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