The Old Bank House
A Virago Modern Classic
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Narrated by:
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Catrin Walker-Booth
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By:
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Angela Thirkell
About this listen
Edgewood Rectory may be set in an ancient landscape, but the Grantly family are very much of their time. Caught up in the uncertain world that has emerged since the outbreak of peace, the Rector and Mrs Grantly are bewildered by the challenges facing their eldest children: Eleanor, longing for more excitement than can be found in the Red Cross Library; and Tom, struggling to readjust to student life at Oxford after his military service.
When their elderly neighbour Miss Sowerby sells her beloved Old Bank House to self-made MP Sam Adams, the one-time outsider finds himself at the heart of Barsetshire society. And while Sam may dismiss her advice that the house needs a mistress, even a contented widower can be surprised by love.
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The performance is rather odd too. Balliol is pronounced ' Bally-ol' and scone is rhymed with bone instead of bon. There are dozens of similar irritations, alas, as I doubt if anyone will venture to re-record this particular book without these lapses.
Listen to the glorious Wild Strawberries or the wonderful August Folly to hear the best of Angela Thirkell.
A sad view of Post War Britain
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