![]() ![]() But very swiftly it turns into a strongly feminist message which gives it a delightful twist. We have characters building up, the clergyman with his wayward ward, the village gossip, the man of importance but an over-indulged sense of his own importance, the widow trying to catch a husband, the old lady in the manor house controlling people through what she gives out in her will. 144)Īs you open this book, poignantly both set and published during the early years of the First World War, it seems quite traditional, slightly older in its writing style, settling down to a good story of English village life. You look as if nothing could either bend or break you … ” (p. ![]() ![]() ![]() You have the wit and beauty, but I am safe and domestic and have been through the mill, nicely broken in. I was on the blog tour for “ The Love Child” and this one, which arrived with it, has been my last full read of 2021 (I don’t like to leave a year untidily but won’t finish my current read today). One of the highlights of my year has been being on the mailing list for the British Library Women Writers series, an excellent set of reprints of 20th century novels, each with accompanying information. ![]()
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