{"product_id":"9780349007403-before-lunch","title":"Before Lunch","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe next instalment of Angela Thirkell's brilliantly satirical English comedies set in the fictional county of Barsetshire, which began with\u003ci\u003e High Rising\u003c\/i\u003e. Perfect for fans of Stella Gibbons, PG Wodehouse or EF Benson.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJack Middleton likes to imagine himself a country squire. At weekends he retires to Laverings Estate with his wife, Catherine. He may be pompous, and they may seem ill-matched, but the couple are devoted to each other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Jack's widowed sister, Lilian, and her two stepchildren arrive to spend the summer in the neighbouring house, he dreads the intrusion to his idyll: Daphne, capable and ambitious, is too lively for his taste, whereas her brother Denis, a composer, he finds a crashing bore. But their wit and good sense charm the residents of Barchester, and they win over Lord Bond with an impromptu Gilbert and Sullivan evening. Even Jack begins to thaw.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore long, Daphne and Lord Bond's son become attracted to each other, but each believes the other is attached to someone else. Can disaster be averted before she marries the wrong man? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1939, B\u003ci\u003eefore Lunch\u003c\/i\u003e is a sparkling comedy from Angela Thirkell's much-loved classic series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451400794486,"sku":"9780349007403","price":9.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_35584128.jpg?v=1760462375","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780349007403-before-lunch","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}