Miss Buncle's Book

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Or, as her granddaughter Wendy, who still lives in DE Stevenson’s home town of Moffat, puts it: the novels are ‘a soothing balm’ at times of stress and exhaustion. Unfortunately, the rear cover of the book is in rough condition (third photo) with significant rubbing. What happens when Barbara's friends and neighbours recognise themselves all too well and decide to try and find out who exactly the author is makes an amusing read. Eine junge Frau (oder auch ein spätes Mädchen) lebt zusammen mit ihrer früheren Nanny als Haushälterin beschaulich in einem englischen Dorf von Ihrem ererbten Geld.

She doesn’t need to invent a thing, although she does produce a pied piper who gets some of her neighbours moving!

It was all about loving your neighbour, and how you must seek out the good in people and only see the good. Dorothy Emily Stevenson, escritora y novelista, publicó en 1934 el primer tomo de la trilogía de Barbara Buncle «El libro de la señorita Buncle». The actual books are gorgeous – if you’ve never seen a Persephone book in the flesh, the simple grey cover means the all match on the outside but on the inside each has a different pattern from an appropriate fabric to the period where it was published.

Like EF Benson, Ann Bridge, O Douglas or Dorothy L Sayers (to name but a few) her books are funny, intensely readable, engaging and dependable.The story portrays her as quiet, unassuming and oblivious to others in some ways and an acute observer in others which made an interesting mix. This was a really fun read because of the word association Miss Buncle used to change names when she wrote her book.

Stevenson's novels were best-sellers, with more than seven million copies printed and translations in multiple languages.

BUT Miss Buncle's Book, Disturber of the Peace (the book within the book), and Barbara Buncle herself are completely charming. It reminded me of the lovely book, Cold Comfort Farm which is a gentle satire against books like Tess of the d'Hurbervilles. Stumped for ideas, Barbara draws inspiration from fellow residents of her quaint English village, writing a revealing novel that features the townsfolk as characters.

En conclusión nos hallamos ante una novela sumamente entretenida, fresca, amena, divertida y que me ha sentado de maravilla leer en verano. I'm sure there are about a dozen of you who can name a book with this same storyline right now, but I've never run into one before. Miss Buncle (alias John Smith)'s book Disturber of the Peace becomes a runaway best seller and in quiet Silverstream chuckles--and shrieks of outrage--are heard. But some people in the village are up in arms because they don’t like the way they are characterized. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.Stevenson wrote this book about Miss Buncle writing a book about her fellow villagers, so it's all about its characters. By the third book, The Two Mrs Abbotts, it is the war and she has two children, and the focus of the book is less fully on her, but she continues throughout to be a delightful person to spend time watching. But what really turns Miss Buncle's world around is this: what happens to the characters in her book starts happening to their real-life counterparts.