Wigs on the Green
$31.25
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2016
Summary
Eugenia Malmains is one of the richest girls in England and an ardent supporter of Captain Jack and the Union Jackshirts; Noel and Jasper are both in search of an heiress (so much easier than trying to work for the money); Poppy and Marjorie are nursing lovelorn hearts; and the beautiful bourgeois Mrs Lace is on the prowl for someone to lighten the boredom of her life. They all congregate near Eugenia’s fabulous country home at Chalford, and much farce ensues.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241974711 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241974712 |
| Author: | Nancy Mitford |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2016 |
| Weight: | 128g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 14mm |
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Critics Review
“Mitford has a gift for detecting the absurdities of character.” —The Times Literary Supplement (London)“Devastatingly witty, Miss Mitford [was] one of Britain’s most piercing observers of social manners.” —The New York Times
About The Author
Nancy Mitford
Nancy Mitford (1904-1973) was born in London, the eldest child of the second Baron Redesdale. She had written four novels, including Wigs on the Green (1935), before the success of The Pursuit of Love in 1945, which she followed with Love in a Cold Climate (1949), The Blessing (1951) and Don’t Tell Alfred (1960). She also wrote four works of biography. Nancy Mitford was awarded the CBE in 1972.
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