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Corn in Egypt
Love in war-time England.
Hardcover
First published January 1, 1942
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Warwick Deeping
187 books22 followersGeorge Warwick Deeping was a prolific novelist and short story writer, who is best known for his 1925 novel "Sorrell and Son."
Deeping was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, then Trinity College, Cambridge to study medicine and science, and then to Middlesex Hospital to finish his medical training. During the First World War, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps. He later gave up his job as a doctor to become a full-time writer.
Deeping's early work was primarily historical romances. His later novels can be seen as attempts at keeping alive the spirit of the Edwardian age. He was one of the best selling authors of the 1920s and 1930s, with seven of his novels making the best-seller list. His short fiction also appeared in several US magazines, including the Saturday Evening Post and Adventure.
Deeping was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, then Trinity College, Cambridge to study medicine and science, and then to Middlesex Hospital to finish his medical training. During the First World War, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps. He later gave up his job as a doctor to become a full-time writer.
Deeping's early work was primarily historical romances. His later novels can be seen as attempts at keeping alive the spirit of the Edwardian age. He was one of the best selling authors of the 1920s and 1930s, with seven of his novels making the best-seller list. His short fiction also appeared in several US magazines, including the Saturday Evening Post and Adventure.
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May 27, 2022
Pre WW2.
A young man from the city happens upon an abandoned farm house in the country and feels an immediate affinity to it. (The estate was formerly owned by a man who couldn't make it pay and hung himself in the barn)
Using a small family inheritance he impetuously buys it, and with his two bare hands starts renovating the land and buildings.
A homeless man becomes his right hand man and a woman from the past captures his heart.
The novel is both comforting and tragic. Good years and bad years, successes and catastrophes. Realism at it's finest and yet at the core we know good will win out and whatever happens we can cope.
One of Deeping's finest.
A young man from the city happens upon an abandoned farm house in the country and feels an immediate affinity to it. (The estate was formerly owned by a man who couldn't make it pay and hung himself in the barn)
Using a small family inheritance he impetuously buys it, and with his two bare hands starts renovating the land and buildings.
A homeless man becomes his right hand man and a woman from the past captures his heart.
The novel is both comforting and tragic. Good years and bad years, successes and catastrophes. Realism at it's finest and yet at the core we know good will win out and whatever happens we can cope.
One of Deeping's finest.
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