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Summer Half
- Author
- Angela Thirkell
- Narrator
- Penelope Freeman
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 16 July 2015
- Run Time
- 7 hours 49 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Critics Review
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Angela Thirkell is perhaps the most Pym-like of any twentieth-century author, after Pym herself
Alexander McCall Smith
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What sings out is the ebullience and charm of her characters, deliciously sparkling dialogue, a romping plot, her wit and gentle satire, and the escapist satisfaction of neatly tied-up happy endings
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Details
- Author
- Angela Thirkell
- Narrator
- Penelope Freeman
- Duration
- 7 hours 49 minutes
- Release Date
- 16 July 2015
- ISBN
- 9781405534031
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Classic fiction: literary and general, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Humorous fiction, Narrative theme: interior life / psychological fiction
Synopsis
To his parents' dismay, Colin Keith - out of the noble but misplaced sense of duty peculiar to high-minded young university graduates - chooses to quit his training for the Bar and take a teaching job at Southbridge School. Little does Colin imagine that he will count among his pupils the demon in human form known as Tony Morland; or that the master's ravishing, feather-brained daughter Rose will, with her flights of fancy and many admirers, spread chaos throughout school and village. Humorous, high-spirited and cleverly observed, Summer Half is a comic delight.
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