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The Mingham Air
Paperback
Publisher Price: $15.99
ISBN13: 9781911579434
Publisher: Dean Street Pr
Published: Mar 20 2017
Pages: 246
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.52 Width: 5.06 Depth: 7.81
Language: English
The best thing one can say about the Priory is that it would have made a splendid ruin, she stated. If only the Seamarks had left it alone ...
Hester Clifford has come to Mingham to recover from pneumonia, at the invitation of her godmother, Cecily Hutton, an eccentric painter with a predilection for ruins. Hester determines to bring order to the Huttons' easygoing lives, not to mention those of the villagers--including elderly Mrs. Hyde-Ridley, attempting to enforce her Edwardian standards of behaviour, Mrs. Merlin, the Rector's wife, equally determined to share the joys of country dance with an unenthusiastic parish, and Thomas Seamark, a classic example of the wealthy, brooding widower. Amidst conflict, manipulation, matchmaking, and general hilarity, Hester clearly has her work cut out for her.
Furrowed Middlebrow is delighted to make available, for the first time in over half a century, all six of Elizabeth Fair's irresistible comedies of domestic life. These new editions all feature an introduction by Elizabeth Crawford.
Miss Fair's understanding is deeper than Mrs. Thirkell's and her humour is untouched by snobbishness; she is much nearer to Trollope, grand master in these matters.--Stevie Smith
Miss Fair makes writing look very easy, and that is the measure of her creative ability.--Compton Mackenzie
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