- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Virago (Aug 6 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1853818275
- ISBN-13: 978-1853818271
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.6 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 240 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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'A pleasure and a triumph' -- ERIC LINKLATER
'One of her very wittiest books' -- OBSERVER
'One of the few authors of whom it may be said she adorns our century' -- ELIZABETH BOWEN
'Rose Macaulay, who is probably the cleverest of our novelists, has given us yet another of her glittering novels' -- COUNTRY LIFE
'One of her very wittiest books' -- OBSERVER
'One of the few authors of whom it may be said she adorns our century' -- ELIZABETH BOWEN
'Rose Macaulay, who is probably the cleverest of our novelists, has given us yet another of her glittering novels' -- COUNTRY LIFE
Book Description
Denham Dobie has been brought up in Andorra by her father, a retired clergyman. On his death, she is snatched from this reclusive life and thrown into the social whirl of London by her sophisticated relatives. Denham, however, provides a candid response to the niceties of 'civilised' behaviour. CREWE TRAIN is one of Macaulay's wittiest satires. The reactions of Denham to the manners and modes of the highbrow circle in which she finds herself provide a devastating - and very funny - social commentary as well as a moving story.
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Not easily catagorised and very well written,
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This review is from: Crewe Train (Paperback)
The best thing about the Rose Macaulay novels for me is the depth of attention she gives to her characters, both in creating them and exploring them through the books. The central character here, Denham Dobie, is particularly prominent because she is a socially inept, utterly straightforward induvidualist against the background of a very worldly, cultured society, which she is abruptly thrown into on the death of her father. The author isn't afraid to point out her essentially self-absorbed character either. The plot of the novel is essentially to do with Denham and her cultured new relatives coming to terms with each other, but the author has some very painful and affecting things to say on the way on subjects like the relationship of love to induvidual freedom. The prose is as clean and clever as always, especially in contrast to that of some of the characters.
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Not easily catagorised and very well written,
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This review is from: Crewe Train (Paperback)
The best thing about the Rose Macaulay novels for me is the depth of attention she gives to her characters, both in creating them and exploring them through the books. The central character here, Denham Dobie, is particularly prominent because she is a socially inept, utterly straightforward induvidualist against the background of a very worldly, cultured society, which she is abruptly thrown into on the death of her father. The author isn't afraid to point out her essentially self-absorbed character either. The plot of the novel is essentially to do with Denham and her cultured new relatives coming to terms with each other, but the author has some very painful and affecting things to say on the way on subjects like the relationship of love to induvidual freedom. The prose is as clean and clever as always, especially in contrast to that of some of the characters.
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