I’ve had a strange experience with this book. The first time I read it (2012) I thought it was marvellous.…
One of Stella Gibbons’ oddest books (and I’ve read most of them), Starlight was first published in 1967 and is…
Published only 3 years after her debut, Cold Comfort Farm, this is a thinly-veiled autobiographical novel which is set in…
Imagine Elizabeth von Arnim’s The Enchanted April, set in the 1950s instead of the 20s and in Switzerland instead of…
This was a pleasant surprise. One of the author’s more obscure books, The Weather at Tregulla was the next to…
A charming if directionless little-known novel, first published in 1959. It’s not one of Stella Gibbons’ best but is quite…
Despite the cover design and the title, this isn’t a seasonal book. The snow is metaphorical, referring to the protagonist…
I’m afraid this is one for the Stella Gibbons completists only. This was the last to be published in her…
First published in 1949, the most fascinating thing about this novel is the depiction of life in Britain just after…
This is a strange book because it can’t decide what it wants to be. Romance? Parody? Social critique? Autobiographical novel?…