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The Old Man's Birthday: Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass

Autor Richmal Crompton
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 26 aug 2015
Richmal Crompton's adult novels are an absolute delight and every bit as charming as her beloved Just William series. "The Old Man's Birthday" is both a nostalgic treat for fans of the gentler brand of interwar fiction, and a dry satire of British village life. Matthew Rowston is turning 95. A lovable rogue approaching his dotage, he has very little time for the high moral standards and rigid ideas of propriety espoused by his spinster daughter. Things get interesting when he invites his estranged son, the bright and lively Stephen, and his beautiful partner to his celebratory dinner. Over the course of the day, Matthew walks around the village, introducing the pair to his large and varied clan, from the aging Jolly-hockey sticks granddaughter who is considering a torrid affair of her own, to his elderly bookish bachelor son and the lovely great-granddaughter struggling to find her place in the world, doomed to work as a clerk in her dull and dismal father's firm. Teaming beneath the calm surface of village and family life, lies a whole world of secrets and desires, hopes and dreams. "Mrs Dalloway" with a dash of dry humour, "Mapp and Lucia" with a slightly melancholy tone, this is the perfect heritage read for fans of 1930s fiction at its best.
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ISBN-13: 9781509810253
ISBN-10: 1509810250
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: Policy Press