The storyline of Miss Buncle's Book (1934) is a simple one: Barbara Buncle, who is unmarried and perhaps in her late 30s, lives in a small village and writes a novel about it in order to try and supplement her meagre income. This is a light-hearted, easy read, one of those books like Mariana, Miss Pettigrew, The Making of a Marchioness and Greenery Street which can be recommended unreservedly to anyone looking for something undemanding, fun and absorbing that is also well-written and intelligent. DE Stevenson had an enormously successful writing career: between 1923 and 1970, four million copies of her books were sold in Britain and three million in the States. Like EF Benson, Ann Bridge, O Douglas or Dorothy L Sayers (to name but a few) her books are funny, intensely readable, engaging and dependable. Miss Buncle's Book was the most popular of her novels because it has a completely original plot and a charming and delightful central character.
| ISBN | 1903155711 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | ISBN13 | 9781903155714
(What's this?) | | Pages | 344 | | Publisher | Persephone Books Ltd | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Persephone Books Ltd | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 134 | | Publication date | 23 Oct 2008 | | Spine width (mm) | 26 | | DEWEY | 823.912 | | Academic level | General |
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