Liz B. (contrarywise) reviewed on + 30 more book reviews
Entertaining account of a sophisticated young lady from London, broke, who goes to live in the wilds of the country on a primitive farm with relatives who are scareely out of the stone age.
The farm and its inhabitants are a cheeky satire on a sort of portrayal of English rural types which was current back in the early 20th century. The old matriarch of the clan, for example,
never leaves her room, and dwells continually on something "nasty she saw in woodshed." Our heroine quickly sees that the old lady needs something more pleasant to dwell on, and catches her fancey with the latest fashion magazines. The young woman who gets pregnant every year, and considers it inevitable, is soon enlightened about birth control, and so on.
A classic of its genre, I recommend it to Anglophiles with a sense of humor.
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The farm and its inhabitants are a cheeky satire on a sort of portrayal of English rural types which was current back in the early 20th century. The old matriarch of the clan, for example,
never leaves her room, and dwells continually on something "nasty she saw in woodshed." Our heroine quickly sees that the old lady needs something more pleasant to dwell on, and catches her fancey with the latest fashion magazines. The young woman who gets pregnant every year, and considers it inevitable, is soon enlightened about birth control, and so on.
A classic of its genre, I recommend it to Anglophiles with a sense of humor.
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