Something Light by Margery Sharp
Professional dog photographer Louisa Datchett is indiscriminately fond of men. And they take shocking advantage of her good nature when they need their problems listened to, socks washed, prescriptions filled, or employment found.
But by the age of thirty, Louisa is tired of constantly being dispatched to the scene of some masculine disaster. It's all well and good to be an independent woman--and certainly better than a "timid Victorian wife"--but the time has come for her to marry, and marry well. With the admirable discipline and dedication she's always displayed in any endeavor involving men, Louisa sets out on her own romantic quest.
“Margery Sharp has done it again! Witty, clever, delightful, entertaining.” —The Denver Post
“Amusing, deftly handled.” —Kirkus Reviews
Praise for Margery Sharp
“Sharp has a touch all her own when it comes to taking on social class, sex and its consequences, and the changes that the 20th century brought to both those arenas, most especially for women. She remained, always, both polite and biting, looking at the intoxications and delusions of life and love with wit and clear-eyed sympathy.” —The New York Times
“One of the most gifted writers of comedy in the civilized world today.” —Chicago Daily News
“Highly gifted . . . a wonderful entertainer.” —The New Yorker
“[Sharp’s] dialogue is brilliant, uncannily true. . . . She is an excellent storyteller.” —Elizabeth Bowen
“It is as natural for Miss Sharp to be witty as for a brook trout to have spots.” —The Saturday Review of Literature
Margery Sharp was born in Wiltshire in 1905 as Clara Margery Melita Sharp. She spent part of her childhood in Malta before returning to England with her family and enrolling at Streatham Hill High School. She went on to study at Bedford College in London, where she said her time was nearly totally devoted to journalism and campus activities. Still based in London, she began her literary career at the age of twenty-one, contributing fiction and non-fiction to many of the most prestigious publications of the time in both Britain and America. Major Geoffrey Castle, an aviation engineer, married her in 1938. She was a busy Army Education Lecturer when World War II broke out, but she continued her own work during and after the war.
In addition to the 'Miss Bianca' children's series, which was animated by Disney as The Rescuers in 1977, many of her adult stories were the foundation for Hollywood movie screenplays. Margery Sharp went on to write 22 adult novels (not 26, as some sources claim), as well as several short tales and novellas (many of which were only published in magazines) and various works for children. She died one year after her husband in Suffolk, in 1991.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781504050876 |
| ISBN 10 | 1504050878 |
| Title | Something Light |
| Author | Margery Sharp |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Open Road Media |
| Year published | 2018-02-13 |
| Number of pages | 250 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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