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Alas, a Plumber’s Life Was Not to Be

Cluny Brown by Margery Sharp

February 8, 2025 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

This is a used book that I picked up at some library sale eons ago, because I recognized the title.  It had been made into a 1940s “woman’s” flick that starred Jennifer Jones, and that was about all I remembered.  I was curious as to how closely the movie might have followed the book, but decided to read it first.  Judging that our introduction to Cluny is that she is an orphan in her late teens, taken in by a rather sour uncle who is […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: dogs, Frothy nonsense, Late 1930s Britain, Life as the "Tall Parlour Maid", Margery Sharp, The Landed Gentry, Very Unexpected Ending

elderberrywine's CBR17 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: dogs, Frothy nonsense, Late 1930s Britain, Life as the "Tall Parlour Maid", Margery Sharp, The Landed Gentry, Very Unexpected Ending ·
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  • esmemoria
    on Painfully Unfunny
    You got that right!
  • BlackRaven
    on Painfully Unfunny
    Sounds like this book was 167 pages too long
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    on The Joke’s On You
    Sounds like The Stench was all the title needed
  • esmemoria
    on The Joke’s On You
    Practically every sentence is a joke omg, I recently finished a book like this. Hated it.
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    on Eat the Rich
    and the recognition that love isn’t going to cure trauma This is a perspective that is unusual to find. Sounds...
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