High Rising

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Successful lady novelist Laura Morland and her boisterous young son Tony set off to spend Christmas at her country home in the sleepy surrounds of High Rising. But Laura's wealthy friend and neighbour George Knox has taken on a scheming secretary whose designs on marriage to her employer threaten the delicate social fabric of the village. Can clever, practical Laura rescue George from Miss Grey's clutches and, what's more, help his daughter Miss Sibyl Knox to secure her longed-for engagement?

Utterly charming and very funny, High Rising is irresistible comic entertainment.

Critics Review

Charming, very funny indeed. Angela Thirkell is perhaps the most Pym-like of any twentieth-century author, after Pym herself
Alexander McCall Smith
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Glasgow Sunday Herald
A smart new edition . . . A terrific holiday story
The Lady
A delightfully entertaining comedy of manners. Full of period charm and witty authorial comment
Good Book Guide
To be so witty and charming yet also so brilliantly brusque and practical as Laura Morland is my new year's resolution
Pippa Wright, author of The Foster Husband

User Reviews

Book 4.0
Narration 5.0
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5.0
I found this a really enjoyable listen and beautifully narrated by Jilly Bond. It's been described by other readers as a "duvet day book" and I agree and listened to it as a bedtime story. The only thing that jolted me awake a few times was the casual racist slurs that were apparently acceptable in 1933, which I think is when the book was first published. So some things have improved since then, it seems. If you're able to put that into context, the book is still enjoyable, but it took away some of the lightheartedness for me (hence only 4 stars). I also found the relationship dynamics between the female and male characters quite interesting, especially the way the women seemed to try to keep certain things from the men, ostensibly to spare their apparently delicate dispositions (and, I suppose, to spare themselves having to deal with the consequences).
emmay 19/01/2025

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