Private Enterprise (Angela Thirkell Barsetshire Series)
Private Enterprise (Angela Thirkell Barsetshire Series)
Angela Thirkell
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When the Second World War ends, "the boringness of public events" combines with continued shortages to curtail conversation in the parlors and drawing-rooms of Barsetshire: there's "really nothing to talk about but food." But happy tongues begin to wag at last when a war widow and her unmarried sister-in-law take up residence in a cottage at Southbridge. The young women's arrival and the promise of romantic possibilities it carries create a delightful stir among the bachelors and matchmakers of Barsetshire society, providing a welcome distraction from the lingering privations of peacetime.
When the Second World War ends, "the boringness of public events" combines with continued shortages to curtail conversation in the parlors and drawing-rooms of Barsetshire: there's "really nothing to talk about but food." But happy tongues begin to wag at last when a war widow and her unmarried sister-in-law take up residence in a cottage at Southbridge. The young women's arrival and the promise of romantic possibilities it carries create a delightful stir among the bachelors and matchmakers of Barsetshire society, providing a welcome distraction from the lingering privations of peacetime.
Angela Thirkell
Angela Margaret Mackail was born on January 30, 1890 at 27 Young Street, Kensington Square, London. Her grandfather was Sir Edward Burne-Jones the pre-Raphaelite painter and partner in the design firm...
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