I've read a few other D.E. Stevenson books, but this book takes the prize so far. No wonder it stands as one of Stevenson's most beloved books out of a lot of beloved books. We start with our protagonist and heroine, Barbara Buncle, a spinster a bit past her prime, worried about making ends meet. ...
Surprisingly delightful and fun read populated with lovely (and some hateful) characters. It was very slow at the beginning, the jumping back and forth between different perspectives in the same chapter made me dizzy. Then it picked up the pace along with the tension. There were times where I wanted...
Miss Buncle’s finances are in dire need of a boost. She’s discounted keeping chickens or letting in paying guests. She of course can’t let go of her maid so she resorts to one of the only avenues of income available to her. She writes a book. Little does she realise the effect her book will have on ...
Short of money, Miss Barbara Buncle needs to find a way to bring in an income. Being a woman, she's limited in her choices. She decides to write a book. This book is based on her small village. Her book, "Chronicles of an English Village" becomes "Disturber of the Peace." She did submit and her book...
Have you met Miss Barbara Buncle? It´s the 1930s: Miss Buncle is an unmarried woman in her late thirties and she has some severe economical problems. In order to earn money she writes a book under a pen name, a book about the small English village she lives in. And since she is the most unimaginativ...
Most of the books I have read from the 1930’s have been Literature with a capital L –Grapes of Wrath, Tobacco Road, etc. So I was expecting this bit of fluff to be amusing at best. I was surprised by an absolutely charming, enjoyable and all around lovely light read. The language was not too archaic...
Most of the books I have read from the 1930’s have been Literature with a capital L – Grapes of Wrath, Tobacco Road, etc. So I was expecting this bit of fluff to be amusing at best. I was surprised by an absolutely charming, enjoyable and all around lovely light read. The language was not too arc...
This 1934 novel has a plethora of characters inhabiting a small English town. The descriptive language and characterizations are done with a wonderful sparse tone that speaks volumes. "Johnson’s dictum that nobody but a donkey wrote for anything except money was as true today as it had ever been ...
Wanda says: "No thinking required! A light, refreshing palate cleanser. I am reading this one now and am enjoying it quite a lot. Reminds me of Angela Thirkell. "
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