tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906375909106123867.post1936732216321464808..comments2023-10-09T14:22:34.891+01:00Comments on 20th Century Vox: Miss Linsey and Pa by Stella GibbonsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906375909106123867.post-74129760909420733052011-12-13T09:52:05.659+00:002011-12-13T09:52:05.659+00:00I was lucky enough to find this in a National Trus...I was lucky enough to find this in a National Trust booksale for £1 - lucky me! And yet I've still not read it. Your review is wonderful, and Miss Linsey and Pa sounds hugely up my street - I'll have to dig out my copy.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906375909106123867.post-32737264114001229162011-12-12T18:30:49.065+00:002011-12-12T18:30:49.065+00:00Oh, the terrible Italian accents in The Matchmaker...Oh, the terrible Italian accents in The Matchmaker! I'd quite forgotten! I enjoyed this a lot more than either that or Nightingale Wood, I have to say. I hope it will reappear in print.Tanya Izzardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05229305256800572696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906375909106123867.post-16447032435386092472011-12-12T09:13:06.726+00:002011-12-12T09:13:06.726+00:00Thanks for this review, it sounds a tempting read,...Thanks for this review, it sounds a tempting read, but you're right about the scarcity! I think I will wait and see if Vintage deliver...<br /><br />I recently read The Matchmaker, which was a great social history and entertaining, although perhaps not 'great'. It did have cringeful Italian 'accents'!Mereniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00597354144052341218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906375909106123867.post-45096339970930897142011-12-09T02:47:54.403+00:002011-12-09T02:47:54.403+00:00Great review. I'd like to read more Gibbons &a...Great review. I'd like to read more Gibbons & I've heard that her work is variable. This one sounds interesting though so I hope Vintage do reprint it.lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.com