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Rhododendron Pie

Margery Sharp
3.77/5 (241 ratings)
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It was indeed very difficult for the Laventie children not to be a little priggish.

As lively and entertaining as The Nutmeg Tree is this story of Ann Laventies who refuses to live up to her family's elegance and snobbery. Her father is an exquisite dilettante; her brother, Dick, a competent artist and polished adventurer with the ladies; her sister, Elizabeth, the writer of fine essays. But Ann is disappointed in the "rhododendron pies" that are served on her birthday, dishes which are filled with flowers to gladden the eye instead of fruit to be eaten. And she also happens to fall in love with a solid bank clerk from a neighboring town.

The rebellion and excited antics which Ann's suitor arouses in the Laventies' precious existence marks the high point in this gaily amusing novel of English life in town and country - a tale which pointedly contrasts the aesthetic and practical viewpoints.

Rhododenron Pie, one of Margery Sharp's rarest and most sought-after novels, was her debut, reportedly written in one month while Sharp worked as a typist and shared a flat in Paddington with two other girls. But it already shows all the charm, humour, and sophistication that characterizes Sharp's beloved later work. First published in 1930, it has, inexplicably, never been reprinted. Until now. This new edition features an introduction by twentieth-century women's historian Elizabeth Crawford.
Format:
Pages:
225 pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Dean Street Press
Edition:
1
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
191352762X
ISBN13:
9781913527624
kindle Asin:
B08M4BHMTN

Rhododendron Pie

Margery Sharp
3.77/5 (241 ratings)
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It was indeed very difficult for the Laventie children not to be a little priggish.

As lively and entertaining as The Nutmeg Tree is this story of Ann Laventies who refuses to live up to her family's elegance and snobbery. Her father is an exquisite dilettante; her brother, Dick, a competent artist and polished adventurer with the ladies; her sister, Elizabeth, the writer of fine essays. But Ann is disappointed in the "rhododendron pies" that are served on her birthday, dishes which are filled with flowers to gladden the eye instead of fruit to be eaten. And she also happens to fall in love with a solid bank clerk from a neighboring town.

The rebellion and excited antics which Ann's suitor arouses in the Laventies' precious existence marks the high point in this gaily amusing novel of English life in town and country - a tale which pointedly contrasts the aesthetic and practical viewpoints.

Rhododenron Pie, one of Margery Sharp's rarest and most sought-after novels, was her debut, reportedly written in one month while Sharp worked as a typist and shared a flat in Paddington with two other girls. But it already shows all the charm, humour, and sophistication that characterizes Sharp's beloved later work. First published in 1930, it has, inexplicably, never been reprinted. Until now. This new edition features an introduction by twentieth-century women's historian Elizabeth Crawford.
Format:
Pages:
225 pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Dean Street Press
Edition:
1
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
191352762X
ISBN13:
9781913527624
kindle Asin:
B08M4BHMTN

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