Rosa

by Margery Sharp

Meet Rosa.
As delightful a heroine as Adelaide in Margery Sharp's earlier novel, the famous Britannia Mews.
A spunky youngster in 1880; a grand old lady during the Second World War.
Rosa is a character full of charm and good sense, and a lady that no reader is likely to forget.

249 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1970

About the author

Margery Sharp was born Clara Margery Melita Sharp in Salisbury. She spent part of her childhood in Malta.

Sharp wrote 26 novels, 14 children's stories, 4 plays, 2 mysteries and many short stories. She is best known for her series of children's books about a little white mouse named Miss Bianca and her companion, Bernard. Two Disney films have been made based on them, called The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under.

In 1938, she married Major Geoffrey Castle, an aeronautical engineer.

Reviews

[Jim · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a Masterpiece. We follow the life of Rosa without ever (until the very end) being in Rosa's mind. We see her from everyone else's perspective. It is unconventional and wonderful. this book was followed by another one of her masterpieces, The Innocents. Brava!

[Sylvia Kinnee · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book ended on page 249 after section 9 of chp 18. There was no "The End" at the end of section 9. Was my book missing some pages??? Help!

[Patty · Rating 3 out of 5]

Looking for Cluny Brown (by the same author), my father checked this out of the library and passed it on to me when he was through.