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It is summertime in Barchester and wartime restrictions have caused privations even here. Petrol (gasoline for Americans) is rationed and there is much walking or even use the old coach horse. But generally, "the town on the hill did not mix with the town beyond the railway, and society fell tacitly into two groups: the Old Town, consisting of the original inhabitants ..., and the New Town, the status of whose citizens was almost indefinable..." The novel concerns itself almost entirely with people of the Old Town. There is retired Admiral Palliser, a wealthy widower, now "in the board of a large engineering works," his daughter Jane Gresham waiting for word from the husband, whose ship had been sunk by the Japanese navy, and a lively grandson "Master Frank Gresham, aged eight and a half," about to go off to boarding school. There is the rector, also of independent means, long since widowed, with a grown son, who lost of foot in battle and is doing well with a prosthetic foot, And there are Lord and Lady Fielding, their sickly daughter Anne Fielding, being chaperoned by Miss Bunting. Life progresses slowly, there are some foreigners, a Colonial Bishop, old class distinctions remain evident. Admiral Palliser's connection with Mr. Adams, brings his daughter Heather and her chaperone and with them tennis matches, and raffles, and news of a lost husband. Things move slowly, but they move. There is budding romance, very subtle. Death comes as a relief and some just leave. A wonderful book.


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Miss Bunting Angela Mackail Thirkell Works Angela Thirkell 9781559211741 Books Reviews

This is one of the worst of Mrs. Thirkell's books for snobbishness. What I find even more annoying than her attitude to the rising middle classes and foreigners, is her contempt for educated women. She saves the worst of her barbs and nastiest portrayals for them. Female physicians (Dr Morgan) or scholars (Mrs. Tebbins) are always pathetic creatures. An admirable female scholar (Miss Sparling) is self-abasing and submissive to "real" (male) scholars. Thirkell's father was an Oxford don and he obviously thought Oxford was no place for Angela. She must have absorbed his contempt for the women who did brave his scorn to break those barriers. I suspect a good part of her attitude is actually jealousy for opportunities she was denied. She scorns the "cocoa parties" she was never able to share.
Originally published in 1945, Thirkell's 'Miss Bunting' is a delighful British comedy of manners set in Barsetshire, a stretch of countryside well known to fans of Thirkell's more than 30 books.

It's wartime and luxuries such as stockings, milk, tea and anything made of steel are nostalgic memories. Miss Bunting is the quintessential elderly, unflappable governess hired to tutor delicate, naive Anne Fielding who soon makes the somewhat unsuitable acquaintance of Heather Adams, daughter of the wealthy but hardly genteel ironworks owner.

Anne's circle includes Jane Gresham, whose husband is missing in action in the East, and who has come with her young son to live with her father, Admiral Palliser. Robin Dale, son of the Church rector, has also come home, minus a foot lost in the fighting. He fills his time teaching small boys and caring for his scholarly, absent-minded father.

Despite the upheavels of war, Old Town and New Town have maintained their social separation - until crass but efficient Mr. Adams bowls over the barriers, conferring favors wherever he goes, wanted or not.

While the elder denizens are nonplussed by the man, they are unable to articulate their prejudice and Anne's acquaintance proceeds. Meanwhile, Jane finds herself intrigued by the man's energy.

Although largely plotless, Thirkell's novel draws the reader in with crisp, wry characterizations and turns of phrase. Miss Bunting is delighfully reactionary; the arbiter of British taste for generations of upperclass girls, the observer, who, when required, can set things in their proper place with a look or a word.

Thirkell's social comedies, with their gentle bite, should gain a new generation of anglophile readers.
Charming.
I love Angela's Thirkell's wit, her understanding of human nature, and her humour!
Some Angela Thirkell are better then others. This is not one of the best but her not best is still better then none.
If you can stand hours of dialogue about nothing, this is the book for you. I appreciate Thirkell, but found this tedious reading.
Just as with most of Angela Thirkell's books,this is set in an English village in the 1940's.
An aged governess is persuaded to oversee the education and training of a young girl in poor health.
Over the course of a few months several interrelated stories introduce us to many engaging characters.
I can recommend any of Thirkell's novel; they are heartwarming, engaging and sentimental while skillfully giving a glimpse into the lifestyle and class system of England before and during WWII.
It is summertime in Barchester and wartime restrictions have caused privations even here. Petrol (gasoline for Americans) is rationed and there is much walking or even use the old coach horse. But generally, "the town on the hill did not mix with the town beyond the railway, and society fell tacitly into two groups the Old Town, consisting of the original inhabitants ..., and the New Town, the status of whose citizens was almost indefinable..." The novel concerns itself almost entirely with people of the Old Town. There is retired Admiral Palliser, a wealthy widower, now "in the board of a large engineering works," his daughter Jane Gresham waiting for word from the husband, whose ship had been sunk by the Japanese navy, and a lively grandson "Master Frank Gresham, aged eight and a half," about to go off to boarding school. There is the rector, also of independent means, long since widowed, with a grown son, who lost of foot in battle and is doing well with a prosthetic foot, And there are Lord and Lady Fielding, their sickly daughter Anne Fielding, being chaperoned by Miss Bunting. Life progresses slowly, there are some foreigners, a Colonial Bishop, old class distinctions remain evident. Admiral Palliser's connection with Mr. Adams, brings his daughter Heather and her chaperone and with them tennis matches, and raffles, and news of a lost husband. Things move slowly, but they move. There is budding romance, very subtle. Death comes as a relief and some just leave. A wonderful book.