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The Brandons
- A Virago Modern Classic
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
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Summary
Lavinia Brandon is quite the loveliest widow in Barsetshire, blessed with beauty and grace as well as two handsome grown-up children, Delia and Francis. So thinks their cousin, Hilary Grant, when he comes to stay and - like many before him - promptly falls for his fragrant hostess.
Meanwhile the Brandons' ill-tempered dowager aunt is stirring up controversy over her legacy, and Lavinia's attention is further occupied by the challenges of making a match between the vicar and gifted village helpmeet Miss Morris and elegantly deterring her lovestruck suitors.
Angela Thirkell's 1930s comedy is bright, witty and winning.
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- Joy Jeffrey
- 28-05-22
Took while to get going.
Once it got going I found it quite enjoyable.
Would I read another of this author's books not sure.
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- Alison
- 13-12-17
Very enjoyable antidote to 2017.
If you fancy a dose of completely un-taxing, stress-free fiction, try this. It all seems like light and frothy nonsense - and yet it does also shine a gentle light on some aspects of English Upper Middle Class life in this era (1930s) versus their servants/the Lower Classes. It is gentle satire, really. Lots of lovely domestic details too which I like; you feel as if you are at the tea parties, picnics and outings.
It is mildly funny, except the fun-fare scene at the church fete which is - I hope deliberately -hysterical. It might just be my mind...
Well read - the narrator hams it up when needed, is good at mens' voices and has a great range of characters.
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- Isabel Birney
- 06-08-22
An interesting period piecebut not my favourite
The plot is slight and the characters more predictable than usual. There is casual racism and snobbery but I suspect these were part of middlclass English thoughts and behavior throughout the early decades of the 20 Centry. Useful for historians.
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