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When a well-educated young socialite in 1930s England is left orphaned and unable to support herself at age twenty-two, she moves in with her eccentric relatives on their farm.

In Gibbonss classic tale, a resourceful young heroine finds herself in the gloomy, overwrought world of a Hardy or Bronte novel and proceeds to organize everyone out of their …

Indulge in a feel-good collection of stories from the author of Cold Comfort Farm WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITHThe title story tells of a typical Christmas at the …

Gladys and Annie Barnes are impoverished sisters who have seen better times. They live in a modest cottage in the backstreets of Highate with Mr Fisher, a mild but eccentric old …

Brother and sister, Constance and Kenneth Fielding live in calm respectability, just out of reach of London and the Blitz. But when a series of uninvited guests converge upon them …

'Don't show proper feelin', does it, not turnin' up for 'is dad's funeral?'Siblings Sophia, Harry and Francis have lost both their parents in the last six months. Attending the …

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY LYNNE TRUSS'Stella Gibbons is the Jane Austen of the twentieth century' The TimesSet in wartime London, Westwood tells the story of Margaret Steggles, a …

When a well-educated young socialite in 1930s England is left orphaned and unable to support herself at age twenty-two, she moves in with her eccentric relatives on their farm. …

** AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME **'Stella Gibbons's gift is very special' Daily ExpressAmy, a neglected motherless child in 1920s London meets Robert, a wealthy American …

Creepy. Peculiar. Fairy. Goblin. Liar. Weirdo. Crank. Genius.No one knows what to make of Juliet Slater, not even her mother. And clothes, boys, school, friends, the changing …