The Privet Hedge
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At the edge of Thorhaven, a cottage behind a privet hedge offers Miss Ethel and her widowed sister, Mrs. Bradford, a fragile shelter from the town's expanding streets. When a notice announces that the neighboring field is for sale for villas and bungalows, their fear of change becomes immediate. Even finding a new maid brings uncertainty: nineteen-year-old Caroline belongs to a younger generation whose habits Miss Ethel views with suspicion.
J. E. Buckrose follows these tensions into the social life of an English seaside town, with sharp observations of status, domestic expectations and personal vanity. A windy gala on the promenade brings Caroline into conversation with Godfrey Wilson, who uses a question about a typewriter to approach her. The novel's interest lies in the small encounters through which changing manners unsettle familiar arrangements, giving readers a close view of everyday social divisions.
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- J. E. Buckrose
- Pages
- 152
- Language
- English
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- British Classics
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