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Pomfret Towers

Barsetshire (Book 6)

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Pomfret Towers, Barsetshire seat of the earls of Pomfret, was constructed, with great pomp and want of concern for creature comforts, in the once-fashionable style of Sir Gilbert Scott's St Pancras station. It makes a grand setting for a house party at which gamine Alice Barton and her brother Guy are honoured guests, mixing with the headstrong Rivers family, the tally-ho Wicklows and, most charming of all, Giles Foster, nephew and heir of the present Lord Pomfret. But whose hand will Mr Foster seek in marriage, and who will win Alice's tender heart? Angela Thirkell's classic 1930s comedy is lively, witty and deliciously diverting.

Critics Review

A perfect balance of satirical observation and chocolate-box charm ... one of the cosiest and funniest reads this winter
The Lady
Angela Thirkell is perhaps the most Pym-like of any twentieth-century author, after Pym herself
Alexander McCall Smith
Author Angela Thirkell
Narrator Yonnie Fraser
Series Barsetshire, Virago Modern Classics
Duration 8 hours and 31 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781405533331
Format Audiobook
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Genre Classic fiction, Family life fiction, Humorous fiction, Narrative theme: Interior life
Availability AU, GB, IE, US

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