Three Score And Ten
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
A celebration of lives richly lived, Three Score and Ten brings together the voices of two formidable British women of letters — Angela Thirkell, beloved chronicler of English country life, and C.A. Lejeune, the sharp and witty film critic whose pen shaped public taste for decades. Together, they present a portrait of an era through personal reflection, cultural commentary, and the quiet wisdom that only a lifetime of observation can yield. The book captures the texture of mid-twentieth-century British life with warmth, intelligence, and an unflinching eye for detail. Thirkell, best known for her Barsetshire novels, and Lejeune, long-time film critic for The Observer, bring complementary sensibilities to this anthology — one rooted in the rhythms of rural England, the other attuned to the pulse of popular culture. Their combined voices offer a rare dual perspective on what it means to have witnessed and shaped a century of British society, arts, and everyday life. For readers who savour elegant prose and the pleasures of a well-observed world, this volume poses an irresistible question: what remains when a life's full measure has been taken?
Author: Angela Thirkell And C.A. Lejeune
Format: Hardback
Published: 1961, Hamish Hamilton
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
A celebration of lives richly lived, Three Score and Ten brings together the voices of two formidable British women of letters — Angela Thirkell, beloved chronicler of English country life, and C.A. Lejeune, the sharp and witty film critic whose pen shaped public taste for decades. Together, they present a portrait of an era through personal reflection, cultural commentary, and the quiet wisdom that only a lifetime of observation can yield. The book captures the texture of mid-twentieth-century British life with warmth, intelligence, and an unflinching eye for detail. Thirkell, best known for her Barsetshire novels, and Lejeune, long-time film critic for The Observer, bring complementary sensibilities to this anthology — one rooted in the rhythms of rural England, the other attuned to the pulse of popular culture. Their combined voices offer a rare dual perspective on what it means to have witnessed and shaped a century of British society, arts, and everyday life. For readers who savour elegant prose and the pleasures of a well-observed world, this volume poses an irresistible question: what remains when a life's full measure has been taken?