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If anyone asked me to describe life in post-war Britain, I would suggest they read The Village, a story of lovers divided by class that tells you more about the subtle gradations of life in the Home Counties and the cataclysmic changes wrought by war and a Labour government than any number of plays by JB Priestley or more famous tomes by Greene and Waugh. This traditionally organised novel of English village life is more than a gentle dig at quirky English behaviour. It is a precise, evocative but unsentimental account of a period of transition; it's an absorbing novel, and a useful piece of social history.
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The Village, Marghanita Laski, Juliet Gardiner
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- Released
- 2004
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- Title
- The Village
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Marghanita Laski, Juliet Gardiner
- Publisher
- Persephone Books Ltd
- Released
- 2004
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 312
- ISBN10
- 1903155428
- ISBN13
- 9781903155424
- Series
- Rating
- 4.1 out of 5
- Description
- If anyone asked me to describe life in post-war Britain, I would suggest they read The Village, a story of lovers divided by class that tells you more about the subtle gradations of life in the Home Counties and the cataclysmic changes wrought by war and a Labour government than any number of plays by JB Priestley or more famous tomes by Greene and Waugh. This traditionally organised novel of English village life is more than a gentle dig at quirky English behaviour. It is a precise, evocative but unsentimental account of a period of transition; it's an absorbing novel, and a useful piece of social history.