Sinossi
Il regno di Lady Emily Leslie su Rushwater House è caratterizzato da una generale confusione: non c’è infatti evento che lady Emily non sconvolga, anche all’ultimo momento. Perciò quando Mary, sua nipote, arriva a Rushwater House e s’innamora di un giovane poco serio, sia Lady Emily sia sua figlia Agnes decidono di prendere in mano la situazione e trovare a Mary un marito migliore. E quale miglior “terreno di caccia” della festa d’estate a Rushwater House?
- ISBN: 8898713045
- Casa Editrice: astoria
- Pagine: 240
- Data di uscita: 15-10-2014
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Una comedia muy ligera para leer prácticamente del tirón. He disfrutado muchísimo de 'Fresas silvestres', la típica comedia inglesa sobre una familia de clase alta, llena de enredos amorosos y situaciones absurdas. Es cierto que la primera parte resulta un poquito insulsa porque representa un buen núm Leggi tutto
Cuando empecé a leer esta novela, no sabía muy bien qué iba a encontrarme en su interior. Vamos, lo desconocía todo. Pero lo que sí sabía es que me llamaba mucho la atención. Así que me adentré en sus páginas cual aventurero se interna en la selva, sin saber los peligros que le asechan desde la oscu Leggi tutto
This book was an absolute mess and used the n word to describe a piece of music for just no reason and I know it was written in the 30s, but you should be warned, as it was awful and jarring. There’s also a subplot about French royalists- which is meant to be charming but in the 1930s probably meant Leggi tutto
Of the three Angela Thirkell novels I have read this is my favourite - it is wonderful! 'Wild Strawberries' is set in a Downton Abbey type world. I say 'type' because there is comedy but no drama. One of the things that fascinates me about classics is the language. As you read books from different pe Leggi tutto
This was OK. 2.5 stars for me. Only one likable character if you ask me in this book and that was John. His wife, Gay, had died some years ago and he was still sad over her death. He had an older brother who had died in WWI, a younger brother, David, who was an ass who I guess never worked a day in
Es uno de esos libros que llegan para evadirse,que te transportan o otro lugar,a otra época. 🍓 Con Mary,una joven bonita de una familia pudiente venida a menos me fui al condado de ficticio de Barsetshire ,la autora se lo tomó prestado en numerosas ocasiones a Antony Trollope. 🍓 Alli le espera la fami Leggi tutto
The literary equivalent of eating a cream puff, but it made me laugh.
Angela Thirkell novels come in two main flavors--light but with an undercurrent of sadness to give them a bit of emotional heft; and so light they float away on the breeze. Wild Strawberries falls into the latter category, so it is not a favorite of mine. That said, it has most of the Thirkell virtue Leggi tutto
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