A "charming troupe" of Barsetshire inhabitants celebrate a spate of marriages--while one young woman bemoans her prospects--in this novel of 1950s English life (The New York Times).
The locals are all talking about the upcoming wedding of the vicar of Hatch End to the much-loved Miss Merriman--in fact, the couple's friends and neighbors seem even more excited than the bride- and groom-to-be. But that's to be expected when a couple...