Miss Buncle's Book

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Published under the name of John Smith, Miss Buncle's book becomes a best seller but there is an uproar in Silverstream as the residents recognize themselves and a fair share of their faults in the book. Dies ist ein Buch einer zu ihrer Zeit (erste Hälfte des vorigen Jahrhunderts) sehr erfolgreichen Schriftstellerin, die über lange Jahre nicht mehr gedruckt wurde und deren Bücher nur zu saftigen Sammlerpreisen antiquarisch zu bekommen waren. DJ very bright and appealing, with a little over 1cm triangle chip at spine base, no text or artwork affected. While the finger is pointed at many local residents no one even considers that frumpy ol' Miss Buncle could have ever had the ability to pull this book off. It's a really easy read (just what I needed after a cold), but it's not until you get to the end that you realise just how clever it is, like looking into a hall of mirrors, a book, within a book, within a book, and so on, until it all ties together beautifully.

But what really turns her world around is when events in real life start mimicking events in the book. Meanwhile other more positive outcomes occur as a result of the book--the Colonel and his next door neighbour get married, and the vicar escapes the clutches of a gold digger who thinks he has more money than he does. Written in 1936 and set in about that same time, Miss Buncle's Book captures the charm of life in a small English town and the various characters who live there, with all their foibles.That’s an act something a bit out of character for him but the end result (Dorothea accepts) makes them both quite happy. In this respect she is at one with Miss Pettigrew and Miss Ranskill, two other unmarried women who, not having subsumed their existence into that of a man, have to find a way of looking after themselves. If you've read the book--the scene where a meeting was held to figure out who John Smith was--I die! This vintage book, which was written in the 1930's, is an absolute charmer, like its main character.

the irony is that by insisting the characters are based upon themselves, the villagers, who insist it is libellous are insisting they are as awful as the characters are depicted this element provides so much amusement throughout the book. Because people ignore dowdy old Barbara Buncle she has had a front row seat to all the village dramas and people fill her in on all the gossip. If you’re in need of taking a nice, long soak of a bath in British sentimentality, this is the book for you.I've got some GR friends who are Stevenson fans, and finally, after reading this book, I feel like I really understand their love for her novels. The consequences are the main thrust of the story, a light-hearted tale that's amusing, perceptive, and beautifully written in an old-fashioned sort of way. Stevenson retrata muy bien la cotidianidad de la vida rural, la tranquilidad que proyecta es sumamente deliciosa y enriquecedora.

Though Jane Austen's name gets wrongly invoked for a lot of fiction about village life, this time I think it's close, for there is a satiric edge to the story of a plain, seemingly boring spinster in a small village who has, without anyone knowing about it, written a book. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

Miss Buncle’s Book is an easy read, very immersive, and I lost myself only too readily in the village life of Silverstream/Copperfield. Those who are kind and decent get treated well, those who are venal, unkind and obnoxious get their comeuppance in her story. Manquant d'imagination, elle s'inspire de son village et de ses habitants, dressant d'eux des portraits sans concession. If you like "Miss Pettigrew" or gentle books about bygone times which were actually written in those times and which take their time to set up the action, then this might be for you. It made your brain reel if you pursued the thought too far, but there was no need to do so, unless you wanted to, of course.

I found myself chuckling at the way people reacted to the book and the ways they tried to plot and plan to expose the author. Barbara then has the inspired notion of adding a Pied Piper figure who, midway through her book, turns the village and its inhabitants upside down.Rosa Wellpappeinband mit farbig geprägtem Rückentitel, farbigen Vorsätzen und illustriertem Schutzumschlag. Stevenson succeeds in creating various plot lines that she intertwines with great dexterity and humour. Miss Buncle’s Book was the most popular of her novels because it has a completely original plot and a charming and delightful central character. Like EF Benson, Ann Bridge, O Douglas or Dorothy L Sayers (to name but a few) her books are funny, intensely readable, engaging and dependable.