Cluny Brown: A Novel

Cluny Brown: A Novel

by Margery Sharp (Author), Margery Sharp (Author)

Synopsis

A parlor maid upends the lives of an aristocratic family in prewar England in this entertaining novel by aNew York Times-bestselling author (Kirkus Reviews).

Cluny Brown has committed an unforgivable sin: She refuses to know her place. Last week, she took herself to tea at the Ritz. Then she spent almost an entire day in bed eating oranges. To teach her discipline, her uncle, a plumber who has raised the orphaned Cluny since she was a baby, sends her into service to be 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 emigre writer friend, is certain that the world is once again on the brink of war. Then there's Andrew's beautiful fiancee and the priggish pharmacist. While everyone around her struggles to keep pace with a rapidly changing world, Cluny continues to be Cluny, transforming the lives of those around her with her infectious zest for life.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 254
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 13 Feb 2018

ISBN 10: 1504050843
ISBN 13: 9781504050845

Media Reviews
An entertaining story of England just before the war . . . Top drawer reading. -Kirkus Reviews

Praise for Margery Sharp
One of the most gifted writers of comedy in the civilized world today. -Chicago Daily News

Highly gifted . . . a wonderful entertainer. -The New Yorker

[Sharp's] dialogue is brilliant, uncannily true. . . . She is an excellent storyteller. -Elizabeth Bowen

It is as natural for Miss Sharp to be witty as for a brook trout to have spots. -The Saturday Review of Literature
Author Bio
Margery Sharp (1905-1991) is renowned for her sparkling wit and insight into human nature, which are liberally displayed in her critically acclaimed social comedies of class and manners. Born in Yorkshire, England, she wrote pieces for Punch magazine after attending college and art school. In 1930, she published her first novel, Rhododendron Pie, and in 1938, she 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.