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Crewe Train
Crewe Train | Rose Macaulay
5 posts | 4 read | 2 to read
Denham Dobie has been brought up in Andorra by her father, a retired clergyman. On his death, she is snatched from this reclusive life and thrown into the social whirl of London by her sophisticated relatives. Denham, however, provides a candid response to the niceties of 'civilised' behaviour. CREWE TRAIN is one of Macaulay's wittiest satires. The reactions of Denham to the manners and modes of the highbrow circle in which she finds herself provide a devastating - and very funny - social commentary as well as a moving story. This bitingly funny, elegantly written comedy of manners is as absorbing and entertaining today as on the book's first publication in 1967.
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Darklunarose
Crewe Train | Rose Macaulay
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Bailedbailed

I have picked this up and put it down numerous times in the last few months and I just can not get into it at all, so I think this will have to go on my DNF list.

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Darklunarose
Crewe Train | Rose Macaulay
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Second to last week of soccer. Time for an hour and a half of very quiet reading time!

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Darklunarose
Crewe Train | Rose Macaulay
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Spent a small amount of time in the botanic gardens with my youngest this morning. It‘s so beautiful right now and a lot cooler than it normally is at this time of the year.

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quietjenn
Crewe Train | Rose Macaulay
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Reading my first Rose Macaulay this weekend.

jlhammar I've been wanting to try her! I've got this one on my shelves 2y
quietjenn @jlhammar I have that one on my Kindle and it sounds good! 2y
LeahBergen I haven‘t read her yet either but I‘ve somehow managed to acquire a few old Viragos. 😄 2y
batsy I was just rearranging my shelves yesterday and thought to myself that I need to get to this one! Look forward to your thoughts. 2y
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catebutler
Crewe Train | Rose Macaulay
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Finally getting a chance to start the @DeweysReadathon We‘ve been working on bookshelves for most of the afternoon, so we‘re taking a quick break to eat (nacho‘s for Mr. S and a grilled chicken salad for me). Then reading and more bookshelf construction. I think a bookish weekend is the very best kind of weekend, so I‘m quite a happy woman.

Let me know if you‘re participating in the #readathon, so I can come say hi!

#RATbooksnack