The book traces a few months in the life of a picturesque, quintessentially English village with its roots in the Middle Ages. On the surface idyllic, the author strips bare its underlying tensions, prejudices, rivalries, tragedies, successes and failures. Set in the early l920s on the threshold of social change, some village inhabitants still bear the scars, physical or emotional, of the Great War. The old, impoverished gentry, with their time-honoured ideals of duty and paternalism, are challenged by the arrival in their midst of a rich, retired manufacturer whose well-intentioned but inappropriate aspirations threaten the way of life of the whole village. This Little World is a rural saga which follows the activities and relationships of a variety of characters, and includes several budding romances. All takes place under the scrutiny of old Miss Loach, the self-appointed guardian of village morals. Add to this some lyrical descriptions of the Worcestershire countryside and one has a skilfully woven, thoroughly readable and delightful book.
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Francis Brett Young was born in 1884 at Halesowen, Worcestershire. He read Medicine at Birmingham University before entering general practice at Brixham in 1907. Brett Young served in East Africa in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War I and his experiences are recorded in Marching on Tanga. After the war he and his wife went to live in Capri where a number of novels with African, as well as English, backgrounds were produced. They then returned to England and settled in Worcestershire. During this period he was at the height of his fame and annually produced novels were eagerly awaited. During the Second World War, Brett Young laboured on The Island, his long poem covering the spread of English history from prehistoric times. It was published in 1944 and regarded by him as his greatest achievement. Following a breakdown in his health, the Brett Youngs moved to South Africa, where he died in 1954.
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Miss Loach, Miles Ombersley, Morgan Jones, Helen Ombersley, George Cookson, Colonel Ombersley, Miss Burton, The Moat, Ted Hadley, North Bromwich, Nellie Bunt, Uffley Mill, Jane Trost, Elsie Cookson, Mary Lydgate, John Hackett, Jim Cookson, Ombersley Arms, Eli Lydgate, Aaron Bunt, Green Hill, Catherine Ombersley, Miss Cookson, Steve Lydgate, Miss Ombersley Browse Sample Pages:
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Miss Loach, Miles Ombersley, Morgan Jones, Helen Ombersley, George Cookson, Colonel Ombersley, Miss Burton, The Moat, Ted Hadley, North Bromwich, Nellie Bunt, Uffley Mill, Jane Trost, Elsie Cookson, Mary Lydgate, John Hackett, Jim Cookson, Ombersley Arms, Eli Lydgate, Aaron Bunt, Green Hill, Catherine Ombersley, Miss Cookson, Steve Lydgate, Miss Ombersley Browse Sample Pages:
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