Angela Thirkell
Thirkell was a prolific writer of comic novels set in Trollope's Barsetshire, reviving the county's characters with wit and affectionate parody. Her work provides a detailed social record of upper-middle-class English life from the 1930s to the 1960s.
Works
- High RisingNovel of social comedy in a provincial English market town
- Wild StrawberriesNovel set in English provincial town with comedy and romance
- August FollyComic novel of mismatched couples and village entanglements
- Northbridge RectoryNovel of clerical life and provincial English society
- The BrandonsNovel of interconnected families and social comedy in England