Cluny Brown, Margery Sharp
Cluny Brown, Margery Sharp
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Cluny Brown
A Novel

Author: Margery Sharp

Narrator: Anna Parker-Naples

Unabridged: 7 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/31/2018


Synopsis

Cluny Brown refuses to know her place in society. Last week, she took herself to tea at the Ritz. Then she spent almost an entire day in bed eating oranges. So, to teach her discipline, her uncle, a plumber who has raised the orphaned girl since she was a baby, sends her into service as a parlor maid at one of England’s stately manor houses.

At Friars Carmel in Devonshire, Cluny meets her employers: Sir Henry, the quintessential country squire, and Lady Carmel, who oversees the management of her home with unruffled calm. Their son, Andrew, newly returned from abroad with a Polish émigré writer friend, is certain the country is once again on the brink of war. Then there’s Andrew’s beautiful fiancée and the priggish town pharmacist.

While everyone around her struggles to keep pace with a rapidly changing world, Cluny continues to be Cluny, transforming those around her with her infectious zest for life.

About Margery Sharp

Margery Sharp (1905-1991) is renowned for her sparkling wit and insight into human nature, both of which are liberally displayed in her critically acclaimed social comedies of class and manners. Born in Yorkshire, England, Sharp wrote pieces for Punch magazine after attending college and art school. In 1930, she published her first novel, Rhododendron Pie, and in 1938, married Maj. Geoffrey Castle. Sharp wrote twenty-six novels, three of which-Britannia Mews, Cluny Brown, and The Nutmeg Tree-were made into feature films, and fourteen children's books, including The Rescuers, which was adapted into two Disney animated films.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jaline

Note: I see that when I originally posted this to my shelf (book was read in March) I forgot to include my little review. I was quite taken with Margery Sharp's writing and hope to read more: Author's Quote added: "I absolutely believe it is fatal ever to write below your best, even if what you write......more

Goodreads review by Magrat

3,5/5 Una lectura ligera y muy entretenida con un par de sorpresas, que no por verse venir, se disfrutan menos. Es el típico libro inglés que dice más de lo que parece en un primer momento, pero sea como sea, representa un lugar feliz en el que estar durante unas horas, sin preocupaciones de ningún ti......more

Margery Sharp, una escritora británica, publicó en 1944 su obra «Cluny Brown» que se sitúa en 1938, poco tiempo antes de que Inglaterra se viera trastocada por la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Gracias a @hojadelata podemos disfrutar del primer libro traducido de la autora al castellano. La historia se cent......more