04916cam a2200613 4500 2849265067 TxAuBib 20260828120000.0 ||||||s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781504053013 150405301X B07CMDQ11G Amazon d717ed29-dbe3-4485-ad48-248aabe272eb OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3960726 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Sharp, Margery. The Margery Sharp Collection Volume One [Libby eBook] : Something Light, The Nutmeg Tree, The Flowering Thorn, and The Innocents. Open Road Media, 2018. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 3809kB. twentieth-century romantic comedy. twentieth-century comic novels. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. British satirical fiction. English comedy of manners. British comedy of manners. 1930s comedy of manners. 1940s comedy of manners. 1950s comedy of manners. female english authors. female British authors. free-spirited heroines. female comic writers. British parlor maid. Second World War. Julia Misbehaves. English authors. British authors. Ernst Lubitsch. Punch magazine. Walter Pidgeon. Jennifer Jones. Charles Boyer. comic writers. greer garson. Jazz Age. HTML:Four charming, witty novels—including The Nutmeg Tree—from the "highly gifted" New York Times–bestselling author of Cluny Brown (The New Yorker). A master of the twentieth-century comedy of manners, British author Margery Sharp has been praised as "one of the most gifted writers of comedy" (Chicago Daily News) and "a wonderful entertainer" (The New Yorker). Available for the first time in a single volume, this quartet of novels provides a shining example of "her brilliantly acerbic fiction . . . [and] one of her greatest talents, creating female characters of toughness and complexity" (The New York Times). Something Light: In 1950s London, professional dog photographer Louisa Datchett has decided it's high time she snared herself a husband. Up until now, she's been indiscriminately fond of men, who've taken shocking advantage of her good nature. At age thirty Louisa is ready for someone to take care of her and sets out on her romantic quest, in this New York Times bestseller. "Brisk, bright, sly, engaging . . . a pleasure to read." —Chicago Tribune The Nutmeg Tree: Motherhood was never really free-spirited Julia Packett's thing. Following the loss of her husband in World War I, Julia turned to her well-heeled in-laws to raise her daughter. Now twenty, Susan invites her mother to France for the summer to persuade her grandmother to allow her to marry. When Julia arrives, she quickly sees that her proper daughter is mismatched with a playboy. And when Susan's distinguished legal guardian, Sir William Waring, shows up, romantic complications ensue. "Original, subtle, and consistently entertaining." —Kirkus Reviews The Flowering Thorn: In 1929 London, socialite Lesley Frewen impulsively decides to adopt an orphaned boy. Moving to the tiny village of High Westover, Lesley finds herself challenged by a whole new way of life and changed by a young boy who begins to awaken her capacity to love. "To those who 'discovered' Margery Sharp with The Nutmeg Tree, the reissue of this earlier novel . . . will be good news. The city-bred-country-won theme is handled with gay humor and enough of sentiment for general appeal." —Kirkus Reviews The Innocents: As World War II separates a three-year-old, mentally challenged girl from her parents, a British spinster takes on the responsibility of raising her and the two grow closer. But when the war is over and the girl's mother returns, Antoinette doesn't want to be separated from the only person who's ever really understood her. "Marvelously crafted . . . believable and heart-wrenching . . . [Sharp] is an incredibly perceptive writer." —The Literary Sisters. Historical Fiction. Humor (Fiction.) Fiction. Romance. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2026-08-28 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=d717ed29-dbe3-4485-ad48-248aabe272eb&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=d717ed29-dbe3-4485-ad48-248aabe272eb&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)