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Christmas at High Rising
Christmas at High Rising | Angela Thirkell
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Originally published in the 1930s and 1940s and never before collected, these stories by the incomparable Angela Thirkell relate merry scenes of a trip to the pantomime, escapades on ice, a Christmas Day gone awry, and an electrifying afternoon for Laura Morland and friends at Low Rising, not to mention the chatter of the arty set at a London private view. Charming, irreverent and full of mischievous humour, they offer the utmost entertainment in any season of the year.
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kspenmoll
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Pretty ❤️🔔 12mo
Eggs What a great cover! ⛸️ ❄️🩵 12mo
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kspenmoll
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Today‘s read. #winterreadathon

Andrew65 Looks fun. Too many Christmas books too little time. 🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼 (edited) 2y
kspenmoll @Andrew65 Yes, thats why I end up carrying books to next year 2y
Andrew65 @kspenmoll Yes me too. 😁 2y
batsy Lovely photo! 2y
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LeahBergen
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In bed with this seasonal collection of Thirkell short stories from the 1930s and ‘40s (although not all of them are strictly Christmas-ey).

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MrsMalaprop Love seeing all these cozy reads when it‘s hot hot hot here. 34 degrees Celsius right now ☀️😎. 3y
Cathythoughts Very cosy ! Lovely picture 👌🏻 3y
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LeahBergen @MrsMalaprop Ooph! That IS toasty! 🥵 3y
LeahBergen @tpixie It‘s great, isn‘t it? 3y
tpixie @LeahBergen yes! 😃 3y
rubyslippersreads Perfect cozy Christmas read! 3y
DebinHawaii I am in love with this cover! 😍😍😍 3y
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I am not usually much of a short story person ,but I adored this collection overall. Incidentally only a couple are actually set at Christmas.

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kspenmoll
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Love this cover. Have not read this one yet. 🎄🎅🏻📚

TheKidUpstairs Gorgeous! 5y
Texreader This angel is gorgeous 5y
LeahBergen I was thinking I might read it next. ☺️ 5y
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batsy I love this photo! 5y
kspenmoll @TheKidUpstairs The cover called to me when I was at UConn B & N . I seem to find gems at that store. 5y
kspenmoll @Texreader Thank you! Isn‘t she? 5y
kspenmoll @batsy Thank you! 5y
Ncostell This is my next read, ‘tis the season! 5y
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LeahBergen
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This is a collection of festive short stories set in Thirkell‘s fictional world of Barsetshire. ❄️

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BookNAround I thought I had all of Thirkell‘s Barsetshire books but I don‘t have this. Must purchase immediately! 5y
LeahBergen @BookNAround 😆😆 I have a mixture of these Virago editions and a bunch of the old hardcovers but I STILL don‘t own them all (yet!). 5y
mabell Want! 😍 5y
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Cathythoughts Sooo cosey. This is definitely my favourite season ❤️📚👍🏻 5y
merelybookish What a delightful cover! 🎄 5y
GypsyKat That cover is adorable! 🎄😍 5y
AlaMich I have this! 😊 5y
Reviewsbylola I love the whimsical cover. 😍 5y
rubyslippersreads This looks like a great holiday read. 😊🎄 5y
Moray_Reads I really don't need to add to my list of festive reading.... But Angela Thirkell! 5y
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AlaMich
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LeahBergen Oh, I love this cover. I actually love all the covers that Virago did for Thirkell‘s novels. 😍 5y
CarolynM ❤️ Angela Thirkell, and great cover! 5y
BarbaraBB 😍😍 5y
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Cathythoughts Gorgeous cover 5y
Centique OMG that is fabulous! 5y
Leftcoastzen Nice! 5y
emilyhaldi Gorgeous 😍😍😍 5y
saresmoore Beautiful! 5y
AlaMich @saresmoore Thus far I have managed to restrain my impulse to embark on a Virago/Thirkell buying spree 👍 5y
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LeslieO
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Might try to squeeze in one more #SeasonsReadings like the tagged book before the big day. #OhChristmasTree

Bookzombie Pretty tree! 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful 🎄 6y
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Tamra
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Kindle Deal 🎄

Melissa_J Why, why, why can‘t this be on sale here?? 😫 6y
Tamra @Melissa_J I‘m so sorry! 6y
LouBeth @Tamra this sounds so cute. Thanks for the info. 6y
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Lreads It's excellent as an audiobook. 💙 6y
saresmoore Oooooh! 6y
batsy Aaah, that looks like a lovely Christmas read. I noticed @LeahBergen recently gave it 5 stars on GR ❤️ 6y
Tamra @batsy woot!! 6y
LeahBergen @batsy I actually gave 5 stars to High Rising (the novel). This one is a set of related short stories which I also own. 😆 I‘m hoping to get to it soon. 6y
batsy @LeahBergen Oops, sorry! 😁 Does High Rising also have a Christmassy setting? I'm greedy and want to read it this month, but will probably be unable to fit in as many books as I think I can 😂 6y
LeahBergen @batsy It does .. well, somewhat. The first half or so takes place over Christmas and New Year‘s. I think you‘d really enjoy it! 6y
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AlaMich
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I'm in a reading slump after Middlemarch...it was such a lovely, peaceful place to go every day and nothing else measures up. So, I've decided to get a jump on the holiday season with this collection of Thirkell's Barsetshire Christmas stories. And I don't even celebrate Christmas! 😊🎄#readingslump #angelathirkell

DivineDiana This looks enchanting! 7y
AlaMich @DivineDiana Her books are lovely. And the Virago editions are so pretty. 😊 7y
Lreads I adore Angella Thirkell! Her stories are lovely on audio. (edited) 7y
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batsy Middlemarch definitely leaves you with a fierce book hangover ❤️ 7y
LeahBergen I just love these Virago editions! 7y
AlaMich @LeahBergen Yeah, I kind of want to go live in them...is that weird? 🤔 The covers, I mean. (edited) 7y
LeahBergen @AlaMich Not at all. You'd look smashing in that green skating costume. 😄 7y
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