The Old Man's Birthday
Richmal Crompton's adult novels are an absolute delight and every bit as charming as her beloved Just William series. The Old Man's Birthday is both a nostalgic treat for fans of the gentler brand of interwar fiction, and a dry satire of British village life. Matthew Rowston is turning 95. A lovable rogue approaching his dotage, he has very little time for the high moral standards and rigid ideas of propriety espoused by his spinster daughter. Things get interesting when he invites his estranged son, the bright and lively Stephen, and his beautiful partner to his celebratory dinner. Over the course of the day, Matthew walks around the village…
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- ISBN: 978-1-5098-1025-3
- EAN: 9781509810253
- Produktnummer: 22533248
- Verlag: Policy Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 224 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D1.6 cm 522 g
- Gewicht: 522
Über den Autor
Richmal Crompton (1890-1969) is best known for her thirty-eight books featuring William Brown, which were published between 1922 and 1970. Born in Lancashire, Crompton won a scholarship to Royal Holloway in London, where she trained as a schoolteacher, graduating in 1914, before turning to writing full-time in 1923. Alongside the Just William novels, Crompton wrote forty-one novels for adults, as well as nine collections of short stories.
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