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Barsetshire Series

33 primary works • 33 total works

Book 1

High Rising
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3.72 · 2839 Ratings · 484 Reviews · published 1933 · 60 editions
In Angela Thirkell's first Barsetshire novel, she …

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    Book 2

    Wild Strawberries
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    3.69     · 2072 Ratings · 337 Reviews · published 1934 · 55 editions
    Action in Thirkells second Barsetshire novel centr…

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    Book 3

    The Demon in the House
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    3.67     · 361 Ratings · 87 Reviews · published 1934 · 18 editions
    In her third Barsetshire novel, Thirkell continues…

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    Book 4

    August Folly
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    3.94     · 910 Ratings · 137 Reviews · published 1936 · 48 editions
    The village of Worsted is staging Hippolytus under…

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    Book 5

    Summer Half
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    4.03     · 770 Ratings · 104 Reviews · published 1937 · 33 editions
    The denouement of Philip Winter's ill-begotten eng…

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    Book 6

    Pomfret Towers
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    4.01     · 1131 Ratings · 156 Reviews · published 1938 · 30 editions
    Lord and Lady Pomfret are giving a party at their …

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    Book 7

    The Brandons
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    4.02     · 859 Ratings · 121 Reviews · published 1939 · 55 editions
    This is one of Angela Thirkell's 13 novels set in …

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    Book 8

    Before Lunch
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    3.95     · 809 Ratings · 108 Reviews · published 1939 · 37 editions
    Middle-aged Catherine Middleton, married to an obt…

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    Book 9

    Cheerfulness Breaks In
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    4.02     · 592 Ratings · 72 Reviews · published 1940 · 34 editions
    Against the backdrop of the early part of World Wa…

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    Book 10

    Northbridge Rectory
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    3.85     · 530 Ratings · 65 Reviews · published 1941 · 25 editions
    As the war continues, life in Northbridge sees cha…

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    Book 11

    Marling Hall
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    3.88     · 470 Ratings · 55 Reviews · published 1942 · 26 editions
    Mr. Marling, of Marling Hall, realizes he will pro…

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    Book 12

    Growing Up
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    4.09     · 418 Ratings · 48 Reviews · published 1943 · 28 editions
    As war drags on, Beliers Priory in East Barsetshir…

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    Book 13

    The Headmistress
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    3.95     · 498 Ratings · 54 Reviews · published 1944 · 28 editions
    In the midst of World War Two, the Beltons of Hare…

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    Book 14

    Miss Bunting
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    3.91     · 509 Ratings · 50 Reviews · published 1945 · 24 editions
    The carefully observed separation of the old and t…

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    Book 15

    Peace Breaks Out
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    4.02     · 372 Ratings · 41 Reviews · published 1946 · 16 editions
    Even drama settles into circumstance, as the deniz…

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    Book 16

    Private Enterprise
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    3.89     · 244 Ratings · 43 Reviews · 22 editions
    "Private Enterprise" by Angela Margaret Thirkell. …

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    Book 17

    Love Among the Ruins
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    3.97     · 251 Ratings · 32 Reviews · published 1948 · 16 editions
    A cast of characters quickly gathers around the Wi…

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    Book 18

    The Old Bank House
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    4.15     · 239 Ratings · 28 Reviews · published 1949 · 2 editions
    A continuation of Thirkell's modern Barsetshire ch…

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    Book 19

    County Chronicle
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    4.05     · 192 Ratings · 29 Reviews · published 1950 · 1 edition
    As readers of Angela Thirkell's enticing chronicle…

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    Book 20

    The Duke's Daughter
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    4.09     · 260 Ratings · 27 Reviews · published 1951 · 35 editions
    Several of our favourite characters reappear to pl…

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    Book 21

    Happy Returns
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    3.78     · 175 Ratings · 26 Reviews · published 1952 · 24 editions
    Angela Thirkell welcomes us back to the beloved pr…

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    Book 22

    Jutland Cottage
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    3.91     · 188 Ratings · 25 Reviews · published 1953 · 17 editions
    In this mid-century installment of her much-loved …

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    Book 23

    What Did It Mean?
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    3.80     · 137 Ratings · 20 Reviews · published 1954 · 14 editions
    The capable and forthright Lydia Merton, wife of t…

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    Book 24

    Enter Sir Robert
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    3.75     · 155 Ratings · 16 Reviews · published 1955 · 25 editions
    Set against the backdrop of two of Barsetshire's l…

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    Book 25

    Never Too Late
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    3.87     · 141 Ratings · 25 Reviews · published 1956 · 12 editions
    Lemonade or port? That this delicious dilemma is o…

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    Book 26

    A Double Affair: A Novel
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    3.76     · 147 Ratings · 20 Reviews · published 1957 · 21 editions
    Older and wiser than the usual betrothed, Herbert …

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    Book 27

    Close Quarters: A Novel
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    3.83     · 136 Ratings · 18 Reviews · published 1958 · 15 editions
    In the 17th volume of the beloved Barsetshire seri…

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    Book 28

    Love at All Ages
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    3.81     · 120 Ratings · 15 Reviews · published 1959 · 12 editions
    Love and marriage — and delightful eccentrics — th…

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    Book 29

    Three Score and Ten
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    3.92     · 106 Ratings · 13 Reviews · published 1961 · 16 editions
    Thirkell’s last, unfinished novel, completed by he…

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    An Angela Thirkell Omnibus
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    4.67     · 6 Ratings · published 1966 · 5 editions
    Contains the novels Ankle Deep (1933), High Rising…

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    A Second Angela Thirkell Omnibus
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    5.00     · 2 Ratings · published 1967 · 3 editions
    Includes:
    "August Folly" [originally published 1936…

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    The Brandons, and others,
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    3.91     · 11 Ratings · 1 edition
    Also known as the Third Thirkell Omnibus.

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    Christmas at High Rising
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    3.39     · 650 Ratings · 110 Reviews · published 2013 · 7 editions
    Originally published in the 1930s and 1940s and ne…

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