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August Folly
- Author
- Angela Thirkell
- Narrator
- Jilly Bond
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 3 November 2016
- Run Time
- 7 hours 46 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Critics Review
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Angela Thirkell is perhaps the most Pym-like of any twentieth-century author, after Pym herself
Alexander McCall Smith
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What sings out is the ebullience and charm of her characters, deliciously sparkling dialogue, a romping plot, her wit and gentle satire, and the escapist satisfaction of neatly tied-up happy endings
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Details
- Author
- Angela Thirkell
- Narrator
- Jilly Bond
- Duration
- 7 hours 46 minutes
- Release Date
- 3 November 2016
- ISBN
- 9781405537018
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Classic fiction: literary and general, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Humorous fiction, Narrative theme: interior life / psychological fiction
Synopsis
It's August in the Barsetshire village of Worsted, and Richard Tebben, just down from Oxford, is contemplating the gloomy prospect of a long summer in the parental home. But the numerous and impossibly glamorous Dean family - exquisite Rachel, her capable husband and six of their nine brilliant children - have come for the holidays, and their hostess Mrs Palmer plans to rope everyone into performing in her disastrous annual play. Surrounded by the irrepressible Deans, Richard and his sister Margaret cannot help but have their minds broadened, spirits raised and hearts smitten.
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