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The Demon in the House (Barsetshire, Bk 3)
The Demon in the House - Barsetshire, Bk 3 Author:Angela Thirkell Angela Thirkell's beguiling novels of town and country life are among the most fetching and happily satisfying fictions of our time. Sparkling in a way both snobbish and sweet, her modern Barsetshire novels welcome readers into a world of comfortable community and generous, probing comedy -- a world that carries the tradition of Trollope int... more »o the 20th century.
In this congenial and gently amusing book, first published in 1934 and long unavailable, the author recounts the adventures of Tony Morland -- an irresistibly maddening 12-year-old. Whether shelling peas in the bath, coaxing a snack of bread-and-dripping from the formidable housekeeper, or worrying his mother with his bicycling exploits, Tony is a charming, utterly infuriating creature to the adults who at once adore and despair of him.« less