http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/2011/05/24/tbr-lucky-dip-may/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tbr-lucky-dip-may You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me – C. S. Lewis Fri, 31 Aug 2012 08:06:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/2011/05/24/tbr-lucky-dip-may/#comment-2675 oldenglishrose Wed, 25 May 2011 13:54:17 +0000 http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/?p=1883#comment-2675 Oh dear lord, having started this book I can see why you've been struggling. The book is unashamedly terrible, the story is turgid and the prose is so purple it's practically blue! I don't know that Stella Gibbons can have had much work to do as it practically satirises itself. Oh dear lord, having started this book I can see why you’ve been struggling. The book is unashamedly terrible, the story is turgid and the prose is so purple it’s practically blue! I don’t know that Stella Gibbons can have had much work to do as it practically satirises itself.

]]> http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/2011/05/24/tbr-lucky-dip-may/#comment-2673 Verity Wed, 25 May 2011 07:52:12 +0000 http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/?p=1883#comment-2673 I have been struggling through Mary Webb for my VVV challenge - have not yet read this one. Think she is far better satirised... I have been struggling through Mary Webb for my VVV challenge – have not yet read this one. Think she is far better satirised…

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