Mar. 1st, 2019

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The Governess: Peggy Chambers, Peacock 1964

This wasn’t the book that I thought it was when I put it on my ‘to reread’ pile. In and of itself, that says something about how memorable I found it, some 20 years on after buying it.

In a way, it reminded me of those 1950s career books for girls. It could have been called ‘Isabel Dennison – Governess’. But Read more... )

Number of books reread during February: four and a half.

[Lightly edited on 9 November 2019.#

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