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High Rising: A Virago Modern Classic (Virago Modern Classics Book 370)
by Angela Thirkell (Author), Alexander McCall Smith (Introduction) Format: Kindle Edition★★★★★
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Customers find this book a delightful novel with excellent wit and wicked sense of humor, describing it as charming. The writing quality receives mixed feedback, with some praising the clever writing while others note typographical errors. The character development also gets mixed reviews.
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Successful lady novelist Laura Morland and her boisterous young son Tony set off to spend Christmas at her country home in the sleepy surrounds of High Rising. But Laura's wealthy friend and neighbour George Knox has taken on a scheming secretary whose designs on marriage to her employer threaten the delicate social fabric of the village. Can clever, practical Laura rescue George from Miss Grey's clutches and, what's more, help his daughter Miss Sibyl Knox to secure her longed-for engagement?Utterly charming and very funny, High Rising is irresistible comic entertainment. Read more
Product Information
| ASIN | B00P74VJ7W |
| Publisher | Virago |
| Accessibility | Learn more |
| Publication date | November 22, 2012 |
| Edition | Reissue |
| Language | English |
| File size | 741 KB |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Not Enabled |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Print length | 278 pages |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1405516709 |
| Page Flip | Enabled |
| Book 1 of 29 | Virago Modern Classics |
| Best Sellers Rank | #44,911 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #12 in Classic Humor Fiction #24 in Classic British & Irish Fiction #45 in British & Irish Humor & Satire |
| Customer Reviews | 4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 744 ratings |