Growing Up
by Thirkell, Angela
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- ISBN 10
- 9997532430
- ISBN 13
- 9789997532435
- Seller
-
Doncaster, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Hamish Hamilton, 1943. hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. Price-clipped dust jacket is discoloured, creased and torn. Pages are tanned. Pages have no notes or highlighting. The cover and spine have some wear.
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
- Re-Read Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L0106316
- Title
- Growing Up
- Author
- Thirkell, Angela
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 9997532430
- ISBN 13
- 9789997532435
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Date Published
- 1943
- Size
- 0x0x0
- X weight
- 16 oz
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Re-Read Ltd
Biblio member since 2013
Doncaster, South Yorkshire
About Re-Read Ltd
Re-Read is a UK social enterprise - giving unloved books a new life. Our aim is to re-use, re-distribute or re-cycle books so that we reduce waste and make a difference to literacy, educational achievement or quality of life in our local area. In the last 8 years we have gifted over 410,000 used books to children living in and around Doncaster, South Yorkshire.For more information, please visit our website at http://www.reread.org.uk
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