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High Rising

by Angela Thirkell

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Series: Barsetshire Books (1)

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  lakesidemusing | Apr 28, 2013 |
Truly delightful fun. Written in the 1930s, this is a wonderfully charming romp Featuring the indefatigable Laura Morland, mother to the equally indefatigable young Tony Morland, and writer of popular novels for women.

There's not a lot of plot, but what there is revolves around Laura and her friends outwitting an upstart secretary who is attempting to take over the life of fellow writer, Mr Knox. It's all a bit upper class (Miss Grey must mind her station in life!) and no one in real life talks like these characters do. But I secretly wish they did, and I wish I was friends with them all.

This may not be everyone's cup of tea (served in tea pots with crumpets on the side), but it suited me completely, and I hoovered this one up so quickly that I was disappointed when I got to the end too soon and had to leave this delicious life behind.

A note that there are a couple of comments that are very much politically incorrect in these modern times, so be warned if that makes you uncomfortable. (Personally, I just took them as a "product of its times" moment, although I do rather wish they weren't there.) ( )
  wookiebender | Apr 21, 2013 |
This is Angela Thirkell's first book in the Barsetshire series. Quite enjoyable, but not as humorous as [b:Northbridge Rectory|835444|Northbridge Rectory|Angela Thirkell|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178768577s/835444.jpg|821058]. ( )
  leslie.98 | Apr 1, 2013 |
Quite frothy and not as good as Barbara Pym (as the introduction claims) but still a good read on a cold winter's day ( )
  mlfhlibrarian | Feb 8, 2013 |
Delightful and amusing. When one has a day to devote to snugging up with a cup of tea and fuzzy pet of choice to read while weather weathers out the window, this is precisely the sort of book one ought have at the ready. Nothing too dire, but a healthy dose of real life and practicalities in a charming setting with the sorts of characters one has known or anyway would like to meet. Makes me glad I have a stack more Thirkells waiting on my shelves, but slightly cross that the next one in order is not among them. Recommended for when you want pleasant without the slightest hint of saccharine. ( )
  lycomayflower | Jan 14, 2013 |
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The headmaster's wife twisted herself round in her chair to talk to Mrs Morland, who was sitting in the row just behind her.
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‘It’s not highbrow. I’ve just got to
work. You see, my husband was nothing but an expense to me while he was alive, and naturally he is no help to me now he’s
dead, so I thought if I could write some rather good bad books,
it would help with the boys’ education’.
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VIRAGO EDITION:Successful novelist Laura Morland and her boisterous son, Tony set off to spend Christmas at her country home in the sleepy surrounds of High Rising. But Laura's wealthy friend and neighbour George Knox has taken on a scheming secretary whose designs on marriage to her employer threaten the delicate social fabric of the village. Can clever, practical Laura rescue George from Miss Grey's clutches and, what 's more, help his daughter Miss Sibyl Knox to secure her longed-for engagement?

Irresistibly entertaining and witty, High Rising, originally published in 1933, was the first of Angela Thirkell's celebrated classic comedies.
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0881844632, Paperback)

The unmarried Anne Todd, a wonderful secretary as well as a devoted bedside nurse to her decrepit mother, is an archetypal Thirkell heroine: plucky, determined, resourceful, but acutely aware that being safely married would be a better alternative. The current resurgence of interest of Thirkell, several of whose 40-odd novels of life in imaginary "Barsetshire" before World War II are being reissued, has awakened a nostalgia for the sharp glittering surfaces of her work. High Rising is Thirkell at her warm, easygoing best.

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Mrs. Morland is successful, reasonably contented with her life, and certainly not looking for any romantic complications. She has enough to cope with already, what with problems at her publishers and dealing with her youngest son, Tony, passionate about trains to the exclusion of all else. So attempts by friends to promote her good friend George Knox as more than a good friend are unwelcome.… (more)

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