Isis (Hardcover Large Print): The Headmistress (Hardcover)

from Herenya

This revolves around the Belton family, who have rented out their large house to a girls' school, and some of their closest neighbours. It's Thirkell, so it is amusing and observant about life during wartime, told with a gentleness that is very -- very -- occasionally broken by an unnecessary mom...

from lauralkeet

Angela Thirkell's Barsetshire novels imagine Anthony Trollope's Victorian-era Barsetshire, as it would have been in the early 20th century. They are light, fun chronicles of English country and village life, with considerable humor at the expense of certain English archetypes. The Headmistress is...

from bohemima

This is a very funny addition to the Barsetshire novels written by Angela's Thirkell. There's only slight romance plot; Thirkell mostly explores life in a small English village in 1943. The main characters are all upper middle class and concerned with following the social mores I'd their times. S...

from richardderus

Rating: 3.5 happiness-inducing stars of five The Book Description: In the midst of World War Two, the Beltons of Harefield Park find themselves "living on overdrafts to an extent that even they found alarming." It seems they may have to sell the family estate- for which, during wartime, there is ...

from jrbeach

much less confusing than many others - nice to follow just one main thread.