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Book Critic MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews two re-issues from novelist Angela Thirkell, The Headmist...

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Book Critic MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews two re-issues from novelist Angela Thirkell, The Headmist...
Angela Thirkell wrote nearly 40 novels.
about 40 novels · Angela Thirkell
The Headmistress and Growing Up were originally published in the 1940s in Great Britain.
Thirkell had a loyal following of readers who in the late 1930s and 40s set up reading groups called 'Thirkell Circles'.

Book Critic MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews two re-issues from novelist Angela Thirkell, The Headmistress and Growing Up. The publishing company is Moyer Bell. Both books were originally published in the 1940s in Great Britain. Thirkell had a loyal following of readers who in the late 1930s and 40s would set up reading groups called "Thirkell Circles." Thirkell wrote nearly 40 novels.

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