The Spring Madness of Mr Sermon by R.F. Delderfield - ISBN: 9780340286425
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Midlife crisis hits a schoolmaster, and madness blooms in spring.

The Spring Madness of Mr Sermon

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  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    10 December 2012

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Summary

It happened on the second day of the summer term. Was it caused by the smell of lilac, the droning of the bees, or the French incense which Lane-Perkins had set alight?

Nobody knew, but that spring afternoon following a heated exchange with a pupil, Sebastian Sermon, a forty-nine-year-old schoolmaster, experiences a brainstorm. Dissatisfied with his life, he leaves his job, wife and children, and takes to the road.

In the months that follow, Sebastian discovers that excitement…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780340286425
ISBN-10:0340286423
Author:R.F. Delderfield
Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint:Hodder Paperback
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:10 December 2012
Weight:172g
Dimensions:177mm x 111mm x 21mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Sheer, wonderful storytelling

Mr Delderfield’s manner is easy, modest, heartwarming - Evening Standard

R F Delderfield is a born storyteller - Sunday Mirror

Sheer, wonderful storytelling - Chicago Tribune

It is always a pleasure to read R F Delderfield, because he never seems to be ashamed of writing well - Books and Bookmen

‘He built an imposing artistic social history that promises to join those of his great forebears in the long, noble line of the English novel. His narratives belong in a tradition that goes back to John Galsworthy and Arnold Bennett’ Life Magazine - Life Magazine

About The Author

R.F. Delderfield

R F Delderfield was born in South London in 1912. On leaving school he joined the Exmouth Chronicle newspaper as a junior reporter, where he went on to become Editor. From there he began to write stage plays and then became a highly successful novelist, renowned for brilliantly portraying slices of English life. With the publication of his first saga, A Horseman Riding By, he became one of Britain’s most popular authors. Many of his bestselling novels were later adapted for television. He died in 1972.

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