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"Wild Strawberries" 1934 THIRKELL, Angela (SOLD)

THIRKELL, Angela

[316] pp.

Smith & Haas

1934

7 3/4" x 5 3/4"

Jacket drawing by Whitney Darrow, Jr.

VG/ VG

At Rushwater House in West Barsetshire, Lady Emily Leslie and her family are entertaining an assortment of houseguests, hangers-on, and French monarchists. Amidst a welter of rapturous embraces and moonlight madness, a marriage is finally arranged, as well as the glittering summer party that provides the setting for this novel's hilarious climax. With a refreshing mix of satire and comedy, Wild Strawberries brilliantly captures the many nonsensical intrigues of both young and old