Ordinarily I only ever read this book when I have just finished I Capture the Castle and I need my Dodie Smith fix to continue. It’s really not the most fantastic book you’ve ever seen, but it’s rather charming. I am susceptible to its charms even when I know the entire book is totally far-fetched and these things would never ever happen. The book is about the Carrington family, whose father goes on the run for vague and unspecified money-type crimes, just after he has engaged a secretary/housekeeper type, Jane Minton, who plans like Thoroughly Modern Millie to marry her…
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