Before Lunch by Angela Thirkell (English) Paperback Book

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The next instalment of Angela Thirkell's brilliantly satirical English comedies set in the fictional county of Barsetshire, which began with High Rising. Perfect for fans of Stella Gibbons, PG Wodehouse or EF Benson.

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Jack Middleton likes to imagine himself a country squire. At weekends he retires to Laverings Estate with his wife, Catherine. He may be pompous, and they may seem ill-matched, but the couple are devoted to each other.When Jack's widowed sister, Lilian, and her two stepchildren arrive to spend the summer in the neighbouring house, he dreads the intrusion to his idyll: Daphne, capable and ambitious, is too lively for his taste, whereas her brother Denis, a composer, he finds a crashing bore. But their wit and good sense charm the residents of Barchester, and they win over Lord Bond with an impromptu Gilbert and Sullivan evening. Even Jack begins to thaw.Before long, Daphne and Lord Bond's son become attracted to each other, but each believes the other is attached to someone else. Can disaster be averted before she marries the wrong man? First published in 1939, BEFORE LUNCH is a sparkling comedy from Angela Thirkell's much-loved classic series.

Author Biography

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.

Review

You read her, laughing, and want to do your best to protect her characters from any reality but their own - New York TimesThe novels are a delight, with touches of E. F. Benson, E. M. Delafield and P. G. Wodehouse - Independent on SundayCharming, very funny indeed. Angela Thirkell is perhaps the most Pym-like of any twentieth-century author, after Pym herself

Long Description

Jack Middleton likes to imagine himself a country squire. At weekends he retires to Laverings Estate with his wife, Catherine. He may be pompous, and they may seem ill-matched, but the couple are devoted to each other.When Jack's widowed sister, Lilian, and her two stepchildren arrive to spend the summer in the neighbouring house, he dreads the intrusion to his idyll: Daphne, capable and ambitious, is too lively for his taste, whereas her brother Denis, a composer, he finds a crashing bore. But their wit and good sense charm the residents of Barchester, and they win over Lord Bond with an impromptu Gilbert and Sullivan evening. Even Jack begins to thaw.Before long, Daphne and Lord Bond's son become attracted to each other, but each believes the other is attached to someone else. Can disaster be averted before she marries the wrong man? First published in 1939, BEFORE LUNCH is a sparkling comedy from Angela Thirkell's much-loved classic series.

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Charming, very funny indeed. Angela Thirkell is perhaps the most Pym-like of any twentieth-century author, after Pym herself

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The next instalment of Angela Thirkell's brilliantly satirical English comedies set in the fictional county of Barsetshire, which began with High Rising . Perfect for fans of Stella Gibbons, PG Wodehouse or EF Benson.

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The VMC publication of the Barsetshire series has been a great success: we have sold over 45k copies in paperback. The continuation of the series will be welcomed by so many readers.

Details ISBN0349007403 Author Angela Thirkell Short Title BEFORE LUNCH Language English ISBN-10 0349007403 ISBN-13 9780349007403 Media Book Format Paperback Birth 1890 Death 1961 Year 2016 Publication Date 2016-05-05 Imprint Virago Press Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Series Virago Modern Classics UK Release Date 2016-05-05 Pages 320 Publisher Little, Brown Book Group DEWEY 823.912 Audience General NZ Release Date 2016-07-11 AU Release Date 2016-07-11 We've got this

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