Cluny Brown

Note: I see that when I originally posted this to my shelf (book was read in March) I forgot to include my little review. I was quite taken with Margery Sharp's writing and hope to read more: Author's Quote added: "I absolutely believe it is fatal ever to write below your best, even if what you write Leggi tutto

3,5/5 Una lectura ligera y muy entretenida con un par de sorpresas, que no por verse venir, se disfrutan menos. Es el típico libro inglés que dice más de lo que parece en un primer momento, pero sea como sea, representa un lugar feliz en el que estar durante unas horas, sin preocupaciones de ningún ti Leggi tutto

I have been utterly charmed by Cluny Brown. She’s a girl who never does anything that’s exactly wrong; but she’s also a girl who never really does anything that is usual or expected. She simply followed her heart; oblivious to the strictures that hold most people back. One day she took herself out to t Leggi tutto

The best way to describe this book is to say that it was a lot of fun. Sheer delight to read, great characters, a plot that never goes where you think it should, and a wonderful conclusion with a twist I never saw coming, but was absolutely perfect. A humorous version of Downton Abbey, if you will.

Margery Sharp, una escritora británica, publicó en 1944 su obra «Cluny Brown» que se sitúa en 1938, poco tiempo antes de que Inglaterra se viera trastocada por la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Gracias a @hojadelata podemos disfrutar del primer libro traducido de la autora al castellano. La historia se cent Leggi tutto

Aprobado justito, justito: 2.5/5 Estrellas. Voy a salir del armario y reconocer abiertamente que me desagradan las novelas británicas de finales de siglo XIX y principios del siglo XX (y las películas basadas en ellos). El estilo "Brit" de las Brönte y de las Austen, me repele profundamente, todo tan Leggi tutto

My cup of tea.

What a wonderful book! For the past few days I've been in the world of Cluny Brown. Cluny, who's real name is Clover goes into service in a house in Devon. A far cry from London where she has been brought up by her Uncle. I was soon engrossed in the story and wanted to know what was going to happen to C Leggi tutto

I checked this book out of the library, blew the dust off of the book jacket, and opened it to the cover page. I smiled to read the notice from the library that ”A fine of two cents a day will be charged on each book which is not returned according to the rules of the library.” It set the mood for t Leggi tutto

" Con su uniforme negro, pero sin delantal ni cuello, tenía un curioso aspecto intemporal; podría haber sido una muchacha cualquiera de un siglo cualquiera, o todas las muchachas que en todos los siglos se habían quedado de pie, mirando hacia arriba oyendo la voz de un hombre ." Desde el momento en que Leggi tutto