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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Dialstone Lane, Part 1

Dialstone Lane, Part 1

W. Jacobs, W.

Paperback

Classic Fiction

ISBN10: 9354843719
ISBN13: 9789354843716
Publisher: Alpha Ed
Published: Jul 21 2021
Pages: 46
Weight: 0.18
Height: 0.11 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A gleam of sunshine cuts through the fog of provincial life-Dialstone Lane invites you to laugh, ponder, and observe the manners and manners of a briskly shifting Edwardian England. This classic english novel uses sharp social satire to chart the comic tensions of class, reputation, and marriage expectations in a sunlit suburbia. Jacobs threads humour and humanity into scenes of everyday life, revealing how small pretensions and big pretences shape friendship, fortune, and family. More than mere amusement, the novel offers a lucid portrait of the era's manners, manners and foibles, from the humourous english fiction that fans of Edwardian england will recognise to the subtler undertones of Victorian to Edwardian humour. It is at once accessible to casual readers and indispensable for literature students and book club readers seeking depth beneath wit. Its literary and historical significance lies in its brisk social critique-an affectionate, piercing gaze at provincial Britain as it moves into modernity-rendered in Jacobs's sly, buoyant prose. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, this edition is restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure, perfect for lovers of classic english narrative and the timeless craft of English comic fiction.

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