Growing Up
by Thirkell, Angela
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Musson. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1944. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright white-paged copy in red cloth. Top edge shows some spotting as does rear panel of dj. Short tears to head of spine dj. .
Reviews
On Nov 15 2020, The Old Library Bookshop said:
Was there ever such an England as the England found in Angela Thirkell's novels or characters like the ones that inhabit it? "Growing Up" takes place during World War II, but the denizens of Thirkell's Barsetshire are nearly unfazed by the cataclysmic events taking place in the world. They have a cozy little universe of their own where everyone--at least tangentially--knows everyone else, where everyone knows his or her place and is content to inhabit it, where comedy infects every corner and even an arm lost in battle can be a source of humor. Even Thirkell herself seems to be a source of humor as portrayed in the character Mrs. Morland, writer of potboilers, who in a lecture on how to write a novel to recuperating wounded soldiers says, "...and I'm perfectly sure none of you have read any of my books and I really don't see why you should." Many of the soldiers had, indeed, read her books, just as readers of every sort have become fans of Angela Thirkell. For them, there are novels galore, 17 in the Barsetshire series alone. For me, one was enough.
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Details
- Bookseller
- B-Line Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8307
- Title
- Growing Up
- Author
- Thirkell, Angela
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Canadian Edition
- Publisher
- Musson
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1944
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About the Seller
B-Line Books
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Amherst, Nova Scotia
About B-Line Books
B-Line Books is an internet business operating from my large home in Amherst, Nova Scotia. I am a retired English teacher with a lifetime of gathered books for sale. Presently, about 24,000 books in 90 categories are listed with an emphasis in the humanities. I look for books I am interested in myself, and feel that most of the inventory is of high quality. See for yourself.
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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