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Wild Strawberries

Barsetshire (Book 2)

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Pretty, impecunious Mary Preston, newly arrived as a guest of her Aunt Agnes at the magnificent wooded estate of Rushwater, falls head over heels for handsome playboy David Leslie. Meanwhile, Agnes and her mother, the eccentric matriarch Lady Emily, have hopes of a different, more suitable match for Mary. At the lavish Rushwater dance party, her future happiness hangs in the balance . . .

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
If you like Nancy Mitford you'll love this
Elle Decoration
A witty romantic comedy and a warm and inviting piece of social satire from this sharply observant and popular writer
Good Book Guide
With touches of Nancy Mitford, Barbara Pym and PG Wodehouse, Angela Thirkell's sparkling prose recounts misunderstandings and mishaps in a particularly English way.
Spectator
Author Angela Thirkell
Narrator Hilary Neville
Series Barsetshire, Virago Modern Classics
Duration 7 hours and 35 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781405533348
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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