Told by an Idiot

by Rose Macaulay

Book Overview

It is shortly before Christmas in the year 1879, the forty-second year of Queen Victoria's reign, when the curtain rises on the Garden family: on Mr Garden, a clergyman of many denominations, about to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385279566
• ISBN13: 9780385279567
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Dial Press
• Length: 315 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.

Customer Reviews

5 Star Slam Dunk!!!

I have read many books in my day, but this one is among the very, very best ever, and frankly puts most current novels to shame! In fact, this novel has about everything: sassy humor everywhere, timeless satiric comments on Brit society circa 1880-1925, family frolics, essays and commentary not to be surpassed, revolutionaries, religious ideas and a fine description of a seeking religious mind, zest for life in almost every line, and even a murder! Blending history and culture with an English family, the Gardens (one of many,many word plays), I dare anyone reading this book not to agree with me! Plus you can buy it here for mere pennies!!