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Sydney Otterton is penniless, his wicked mother having appropriated all of the family funds with the exception of the house which was entailed. He has just returned from the war where he fought bravely and was taken prisoner at the Normandy landings. He manages to persuade his wife, Priscilla, to move into the crumbling house with their young children and faithful servant, Annie.
The novel evolves through the eyes of four characters who narrate the events of what turns out to be a murder mystery, in a variety of formats (journal, letters, research). The first is the sympathetic Syndey, beset with financial worries. The sharply observant and pragmatic Annie was born and brought up on the estate and runs the house. Mr Rakowski is a frequent visitor to the house, a comic character, researching a history of the family who has developed a passion for Priscilla. The final narrator is the appealing young daughter of the house, Georgina.
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"Essentially it is a dispassionate, yet affectionate study of the country house, Upstairs Downstairs set up whose death knell was sounded by the Second World War, set in the five years immediately following the end of hostilities... Waugh clearly must have known a house like Cranfield in her childhood." "This is a delightful and surprisingly touching novel... has unexpected depth and emotional resonance." Sunday Telegraph "Teresa Waugh, with vivid personal experience of the drawbacks of living in a decaying country pile, uses the theme most effectively in her hugely entertaining novel The House." Val Hennessy "It's a compulsive read and very funny." Spectator
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A supremely entertaining multi-faceted satire of dysfunctional aristocrats and their entourage set in a crumbling Palladian mansion. Teresa Waugh is ¿one of the most distinctive, abrasive comedians on the literary scene¿ (A N Wilson)
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- PublisherW&N
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0297829173
- ISBN 13 9780297829171
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages224
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