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Loading... Young entry (original 1928; edition 1989)by M. J. Farrell
Work InformationYoung Entry by M. J. Farrell (1928)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Nineteen-year-old Prudence is the focal point in this quite readable coming-of-age novel set in Ireland. It features an aristocratic set with their horses and hounds on a fox hunt. Prudence gets around the countryside with her good friend Peter while she's feeling a growing attraction to her neighbor Toby. I enjoyed this charming story featuring beautifully-phrased descriptions of the landscape and depicting snippets of everyday life. ( ) I read Young Entry for All Virago / All August 2015 and didn't that much care for it. Cousin "Gus" Augusta was a great/nasty character, cousin Kat was catty, and that was about it. Prudence was a dishrag, Peter (a female, but that was her name) was fairly predictable, and the other characters tended to be nonentities. If this had been a satire of the Anglo-Irish ascendancy, it might have been different, but I think it was supposed to be a charming little piece of country fare, which it wasn't. In fact, I think the character I most sympathized with was the farmer whose cow had been run off years earlier by some foxhound – except the farmer (in a "God bless the squire and his relations" fashion) rather quickly reconciles himself with the new Master of Hounds. Actually, the whole book was about the unspeakable in pursuit of the inedible, and it got a bit confusing since I haven't the foggiest about fox-hunting. But it was Molly Keane's debut (and my debut with Molly Keane) so I'll keep up with her since I think she'll get better. Anyway, I'm trying to fit AV/AA in with the Reading Through Time group, and Keane fits in with the August 2015 theme, Ireland. no reviews | add a review
Belongs to Publisher SeriesVirago Modern Classics (324)
By the author of 13 novels, including Good Behaviour which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, this focuses on 19 year old Prudence Lingfield-Turrett who is carefree and indiscreet, much to the frustration of the aged cousins who attempt to keep her unladylike behaviour in check. No library descriptions found.
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