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What Did It Mean? (1954)

de Angela Thirkell

Sèrie: Barsetshire Books (23)

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"The whole of England was now in an orgy of Coronation Committees" and inevitably we are swept up. Lydia Merton and Mrs Villars lead some old friends from the war years; Miss Pemberton and her cowed boarder, Mr Downing; the Misses Hopgood and Crowder of the enigmatic Glycerine Cottage; Miss Hopgood's Aunt; and Poppy Turner, to the glorious climax in the production of The Northbridge Coronation Pageant. Along the way, young Ludovic of Pomfret Towers emerges from his shell to shine in Aubrey and Jessica Clovers short play, staged as part of the festivities. Having arrived at a hiatus in the generations of Barsetshire where she has married off all suitably aged persons and is not quite ready to pair off the 3rd generation of fifteen and sixteen year olds, Thirkell reaches back to the truncated romance between Mr Downing and Mrs Turner and (sanctioned by a seriously ill Miss Pemberton) again produces the mandatory nuptials.… (més)
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Angela Thirkell's chronicle of Barsetshire are unto themselves. You'll either love them or hate them. Very little happens. The humor is of the gentle sort, neither slapstick like Wodehouse, nor satirical, but more amused observation. The sentences frequently run on for most of a paragraph. To the extent that there is a plot, it's all about preparing to the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. For quite some time we follow Lydia Keith and her attempt to bring a young man out of his shell, but the final fifth -- and best part IMO -- of the book drops that line to focus on a triangle of elderly denizens and the relationships between them. Despite a lot of character history from previous books, which may make some scenes more important, this still works as a standalone novel. At least, for Thirkell.

If you can find a Thirkell novel, try it, especially if you are a fan of Austen or Heyer. ( )
  ChrisRiesbeck | Oct 9, 2020 |
From the onset, I didn't think I would care for What Did It Mean?. Before the reader gets ten pages in he or she is introduced to a myriad of characters with no clue as to their importance to the plot. I had to start a list and was constantly wondering if I needed to remember these people later on. The plot itself centers around the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Everyone is frantically planning complicated festivities through various committees. Of course, every member has ulterior motives and the main objective is often forgotten in the frenzy. With there being so many different characters, it is a study in society as much as it is about a specific locale, Barsetshire. I couldn't help it but I found myself getting bored. ( )
  SeriousGrace | Jan 25, 2018 |
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"The whole of England was now in an orgy of Coronation Committees" and inevitably we are swept up. Lydia Merton and Mrs Villars lead some old friends from the war years; Miss Pemberton and her cowed boarder, Mr Downing; the Misses Hopgood and Crowder of the enigmatic Glycerine Cottage; Miss Hopgood's Aunt; and Poppy Turner, to the glorious climax in the production of The Northbridge Coronation Pageant. Along the way, young Ludovic of Pomfret Towers emerges from his shell to shine in Aubrey and Jessica Clovers short play, staged as part of the festivities. Having arrived at a hiatus in the generations of Barsetshire where she has married off all suitably aged persons and is not quite ready to pair off the 3rd generation of fifteen and sixteen year olds, Thirkell reaches back to the truncated romance between Mr Downing and Mrs Turner and (sanctioned by a seriously ill Miss Pemberton) again produces the mandatory nuptials.

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