Originally published in 1949, The Old Bank House is a charming and quintessentially British classic in Angela Thirkell's beloved Barsetshire series. Now available as a Virago Modern Classic.
Angela Thirkell Livres
Angela Thirkell est renommée pour ses romans, principalement situés dans le comté fictif de Barsetshire, qui offrent des observations perspicaces et pleines d'esprit sur la vie et les coutumes sociales anglaises. Son style se caractérise par un humour doux, de l'ironie et une maîtrise exceptionnelle des dialogues, créant des personnages et des situations à la fois authentiques et amusants. Thirkell s'est concentrée sur les nuances de la vie quotidienne, les dynamiques familiales et les subtils courants de l'interaction sociale, bâtissant un univers narratif riche et captivant. Ses œuvres offrent aux lecteurs un aperçu charmant de la société anglaise, rendu avec un attrait intemporel et un regard critique, fin mais subtil.
Growing Up
- 384pages
- 14 heures de lecture
Written with all the charm and wit that are the signature of Thirkell's Barsetshire series, Growing Up is a heartwarming portrait of a close-knit community during the Second World War.
Originally published in 1948, Love Among the Ruins is a clever and quintessentially British classic in Angela Thirkell's beloved Barsetshire series. Now available as a Virago Modern Classic.
Peace Breaks Out
- 368pages
- 13 heures de lecture
Both wry and poignant, Peace Breaks In was written in the tumultuous year that it was set. It is an unforgettable portrait of the joy and misgivings felt in the final days of the Second World War.
Cheerfulness Breaks In
- 336pages
- 12 heures de lecture
'You read her, laughing, and want to do your best to protect her characters from any reality but their own' New York Times It is summer 1939 and the social event of the year is about to take place: Rose Birkett, a flighty beauty with a penchant for breaking engagements and hearts, is finally getting married, and the whole village - especially her parents - breathes a sigh of relief. By autumn, however, summer weddings seem a distant memory as war reaches Barsetshire. While the younger generation throws itself into the war effort with cheerful aplomb, older residents remember the last war keenly, and are fearful. When an entire London school of evacuees arrive, as well as a number of refugees, the village rallies round to accommodate them. Some inhabitants, though, fail to welcome the newcomers with open arms. First published in 1940, this is a humorous and poignant picture of wartime in a rural community.
Three Houses
- 352pages
- 13 heures de lecture
A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. Author Angela Thirkell recalls the three houses in which she grew up. First 'The Grange', where her grandfather, Sir Edward Burne-Jones, set the cultivated tone, Thirkell also reminisces about her parents' Kensington home and the seaside retreat, where Angela's cousin, Rudyard Kipling, lived across the green.
The Brandons
- 384pages
- 14 heures de lecture
A delightfully appealing 1930s comedy from Angela Thirkell's classic Barsetshire series: the Brandons cheerfully confront matters of love, money and an ill-tempered dowager aunt. číst celé
Summer Half
- 288pages
- 11 heures de lecture
A captivating comic novel from Angela Thirkell's much-loved 1930s Barsetshire series: trainee barrister Colin Keith makes an ill-advised foray into teaching at Southbridge School.
Pomfret Towers
- 304pages
- 11 heures de lecture
Alice Barton finds adventure during a Friday-to-Monday at a grand country house in Angela Thirkell's classic, deliciously diverting 1930s romantic comedy.
Barsetshire in the war years. The next Angela Thirkell novel in the hugely successful series of charming English comedies set in the fictional county of Barsetshire. Perfect for fans of Stella Gibbons, PG Wodehouse or E. F. Benson.
