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Book - A Fictional Story, A G MacDonell, England Their England, 1933
... Macdonell (1895–1941), was born in Poona, India, on 3 November 1895 to a Scottish family. His father was an East India merchant and chairman of the Bombay chamber of commerce. His mother was the daughter of the Aberdeen miller and art collector John...Macdonell (1895–1941), was born in Poona, India, on 3 November 1895 to a Scottish family. His father was an East India merchant and chairman of the Bombay chamber of commerce. His mother was the daughter of the Aberdeen miller and art collector John ...
This work is an affectionately satirical comic novel of 1920s English urban and rural society, framed as a travel memoir by a young Scotsman, Donald Cameron, who was invalided home from the Western Front and is made by his father’s will to live in England. A Welshman commissions him to write a book on the English as an outsider would see them. His research takes him through literary journalists and minor poets, a country-house weekend, work as private secretary to an MP, the League of Nations and a village cricket match. The cricket match is the most celebrated episode and a large part of the book’s enduring appeal. The book is thought to be a roman à clef: Mr Hodge is a caricature of the poet and editor Sir John Squire, and the cricket team is modelled on Squire’s Invalids club.
Hard cover book. England Their England
Author: A G MacDonell
Publisher: MacMillan & Co
Date: 1933
Further Information: Red Cloth hardcover with lettering to spine in white. The spine has a black cloth repair lettering hand written also a Library label with an inscription.fictionThis work is an affectionately satirical comic novel of 1920s English urban and rural society, framed as a travel memoir by a young Scotsman, Donald Cameron, who was invalided home from the Western Front and is made by his father’s will to live in England. A Welshman commissions him to write a book on the English as an outsider would see them. His research takes him through literary journalists and minor poets, a country-house weekend, work as private secretary to an MP, the League of Nations and a village cricket match. The cricket match is the most celebrated episode and a large part of the book’s enduring appeal. The book is thought to be a roman à clef: Mr Hodge is a caricature of the poet and editor Sir John Squire, and the cricket team is modelled on Squire’s Invalids club.shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, england their england, a g macdonell
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