Golden Days

Mrs. Tim #2

by D.E. Stevenson

Mrs Tim goes to the Highlands of Scotland and is involved in a plot to rescue a naval officer from the toils of a siren; but, alas, the best laid plans "gang aft agley." The characters are skilfully drawn, from the fierce Mrs London with her heart of gold to the garrulous Mrs Falconer whose muddled stories of her girlhood make excruciatingly funny reading.

Genres: Fiction, British Literature

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1934

About the author

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Dorothy Emily Stevenson was a best-selling Scottish author. She published more than 40 romantic novels over a period of more than 40 years. Her father was a cousin of Robert Louis Stevenson.

D.E. Stevenson had an enormously successful writing career: between 1923 and 1970, four million copies of her books were sold in Britain and three million in the States. Like E.F. Benson, Ann Bridge, O. Douglas or Dorothy L. Sayers (to name but a few) her books are funny, intensely readable, engaging and dependable.

Reviews

[Ivonne Rovira · Rating 2 out of 5]

I bought Golden Days: Further Leaves from Mrs. Tim's Journal by D.E. Stevenson from Audible.com, thinking it was the sequel to Mrs Tim Of The Regiment; however, the Kindle version of Mrs Tim Of The Regiment contains both the first book, the original Mrs Tim Of The Regiment (1932), and its sequel, Golden Days (1934), in one volume. Imagine my dismay when I began listening to Golden Days and realized I had already read the entire book when I read the consolidated Kindle version of Mrs Tim Of The Regiment!

If you're pressed for time and can't read the full, consolidated Mrs Tim Of The Regiment, betting both books, then, by all means, read Golden Days: on Audible.com. You can still follow the story, although the beginning seems a bit abrupt to me. The latter half of the book is more charming than the first, although both parts are funny and a lovely walk back into the time between the two World Wars. However, do yourself a favor and read the full, two-story Mrs Tim Of The Regiment. You won't want to miss a word that Stevenson wrote about the feisty and funny Hester Christie.

The actual sequel to the two-part Mrs Tim Of The Regiment is Mrs. Tim Carries On (1941), although I can't believe that Stevenson, after writing back-to-back novels on Mrs. Tim, kept her readers in suspense as to her further exploits for nearly a decade! I've already checked it and the third book, Mrs. Tim Gets A Job (1947), out of the public library.

[David Gill · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed it, but not as much as Miss Buncles Book. There was really not much plot to this book, it just meandered along as people enjoyed themselves at a country house. The enjoyment came from the well characterised guests interplay.

[Lora Elisabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't realize this book is included as the last half of Mrs Tim of the Regiment on Audible until I read someone's review there. I enjoyed it just as much as the first Mrs Tim. It is more of a narrative than short diary entries.