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Set between the nineteenth century and the full swing of the twentieth, those brief ten years we call Edwardian seem now like a short spring day. … A queer time! Perhaps a transition time; for that matter, this is one of the things times always are.

As I am deciding on the next novel by an underrated woman writer from the UK or Ireland, this one immediately grabbed me. Who could resist reading the novel that starts like this? (quote in the comment)