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The Brandons
- Author
- Angela Thirkell
- Narrator
- Jilly Bond
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 3 November 2016
- Run Time
- 10 hours 23 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Critics Review
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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
bookoxygen.com
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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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Details
- Author
- Angela Thirkell
- Narrator
- Jilly Bond
- Duration
- 10 hours 23 minutes
- Release Date
- 3 November 2016
- ISBN
- 9781405537025
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Classic fiction: literary and general, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Humorous fiction, Narrative theme: interior life / psychological fiction
Synopsis
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 love-struck suitors. Angela Thirkell's 1930s comedy is bright, witty and winning.
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