August Folly
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THE LITTLE VILLAGE OF WORSTED, SOME SIXTY MILES WEST of London, is still, owing to the very defective railway system which hardly attempts to serve it, to a great extent unspoilt.
THE LITTLE VILLAGE OF WORSTED, SOME SIXTY MILES WEST of London, is still, owing to the very defective railway system which hardly attempts to serve it, to a great extent unspoilt.
About this book
The village of Worsted is staging Hippolytus under the aegis of the indefatigable Mrs. Palmer. Given this background, it seems inevitable that the most absurd romances should bloom, as indeed they do. Thirkell's novels provide a scrutiny of British manners in the most entertaining doses.
Themes & subjects
Fiction, generalBarsetshire (england : imaginary place), fictionEngland, fiction
First published 1988About the author
Angela Mackail Thirkell
1890 – 1961
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