The Bachelors

В однотомник включены лучшие сатирические романы одной из крупнейших современных писательниц Великобритании: «Memento mori», «Мисс Джин Броди в расцвете лет», «Умышленная задержка»; антирасистская повесть «Птичка-„уходи“» и рассказы разных лет.

The May of Teck Club "exists for the Pecuniary Convenience and Social Protection of Ladies of Slender Means below the age of Thirty Years". Nevertheless, and though there is a war on, they find the time between elocution lessons to jostle one another over suitors (some more suitable than others) and a single Schiaparelli gown. But can a love of literature, fine clothes and amorous young men save these young ladies from the horrors of the real world?

The Bachelorsdisplays the best of Sparkian satire, placing her at the heart of a great literary tradition alongside Waugh and Trollope, Wilde and Wodehouse. It demands rediscovery.

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