Christmas at High Rising: A Virago Modern Classic (VMC)

by Thirkell, Angela

  Irresistibly entertaining and witty, High Rising, originally published in 1933, was the first of Angela Thirkell’s celebrated classic comedies.

  ‘A terrific holiday story’ The Lady

  VIRAGO MODERN CLASSICS

  WILD STRAWBERRIES

  Angela Thirkell

  Pretty, impecunious Mary Preston, newly arrived as a guest of her Aunt Agnes at the magnificent wooded estate of Rushwater, falls head over heels for handsome playboy David Leslie. Meanwhile, Agnes and her mother, the eccentric matriarch Lady Emily, have hopes of a different, more suitable match for Mary. At the lavish Rushwater dance party, her future happiness hangs in the balance…

  Wild Strawberries is a sparkling romantic comedy from Angela Thirkell’s much-loved series.

  VIRAGO MODERN CLASSICS

  POMFRET TOWERS

  Angela Thirkell

  Pomfret Towers, Barsetshire seat of the earls of Pomfret, was constructed with great pomp and want of concern for comfort in the once-fashionable style of Sir Gilbert Scott’s St Pancras station. It makes a grand setting for a house party at which gamine Alice Barton and her brother Guy are guests, mixing with the headstrong Rivers family, the tally-ho Wicklows and, most congenial of all, Giles Foster, nephew and heir of the present Lord Pomfret. But whose hand will Mr Foster seek in marriage, and who will win Alice’s tender heart?

  Angela Thirkell’s 1930s comedy is lively, witty and deliciously diverting.