High Rising
In this lively social satire, Thirkell's quintessential British humor captures the foibles and worth of gentry and villager alike. Lovely, vague, and widowed, Mrs. Morland writes rather sensational novels to support herself and her infuriating son. Around her the village of High Rising, located...
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In this lively social satire, Thirkell's quintessential British humor captures the foibles and worth of gentry and villager alike. Lovely, vague, and widowed, Mrs. Morland writes rather sensational novels to support herself and her infuriating son. Around her the village of High Rising, located in Trollope's imaginary county of Barsetshire, runs amok.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780786704224 (0786704225)
Publish date: May 1st 1997
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Series: Barsetshire 5 (#1)
After finishing Chernobyl Prayer I needed something lighthearted and fun to read and High Rising was the perfect choice. Set in a British small town, a group of its residents come together to prevent an "unsuitable" marriage, which might possibly rupture the peaceful country life of Low and High Ris...
I would never have given this book another glance had it not been for the fabulous cover on this re-release edition (also, it was on sale). I'd never heard of Angela Thirkell and didn't know at first if it was someone currently writing historical fiction, or if it was the work of the era in which i...
Oh, how odious! The pompously verbose but good-hearted author George Knox has hired a loathsome new secretary who seems determined to manipulate him into marriage. This causes no end of trouble, irritating his good friend and fellow author Laura Morland. The lovely but quite happily widowed Mrs. Mor...
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