Something Light: A Novel

Something Light: A Novel

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

Synopsis

In 1950s London, a career girl decides it's high time she snared herself a husband, in Margery Sharp's high-spirited New York Times-bestselling novel

Professional dog photographer Louisa Datchett is indiscriminately fond of men. And men take shocking advantage of her good nature when they need their problems listened to, their socks washed, their prescriptions filled, and employment found. But by the age of thirty, Louisa is tired of constantly being dispatched to the scene of some masculine disaster. It's all well and good to be an independent woman-and certainly better than being a timid Victorian wife )-but the time has come for her to marry, and marry well. With admirable discipline and the dedication she displays in any endeavor involving men, Louisa sets out on her romantic quest.

This vastly entertaining chronicle of the life of a single woman who is both of her time and ahead of it is Margery Sharp at her witty, satirical best.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 250
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 13 Feb 2018

ISBN 10: 1504050878
ISBN 13: 9781504050876

Media Reviews
Brisk, bright, sly, engaging . . . a pleasure to read. -Chicago Tribune

Margery Sharp has done it again! Witty, clever, delightful, entertaining. -The Denver Post

Amusing, deftly handled. -KirkusReviews

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.