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Finally finished this #FurrowedMiddlebrowClub read 🤦🏼‍♀️ Margery Sharp delights with her witty turn of phrase. The quirky characters living together in 1930s London piecing together work and skating by on charm was fun. Mr Partridge actually turned out to be the oddest & most annoying one - he clearly saw the least as our young characters found their way to a hopeful future. All‘s well that ends well for charming grifters & old men in red socks.

I enjoyed reading this novel with the #FurrowedMiddlebrowClub. It was a light and fun read. The characters were quirky, though I occasionally found them tedious and annoying.

A few passages made me laugh out loud, like the description of Hugh recovering at his club at the end of the book, and Sharp describing his state-on-mind along with the fact that “there was a bison skull on each wall.“

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Shenanigans & colorful characters that were worthy of a few dope slaps. 🤦🏽‍♀️

My favorite is Mr. Partridge, who has a good heart even if a bit of a clueless bumble. The photo above is how I imagine the lending library he was sacked from might have been. (1944)

Anyone else wonder how on earth you‘d tolerate those close living quarters? 😬

Loving Mr. Partridge 💙

I laughed when he took up “Ronny‘s” postcard job drawing ladies underthings! 😂 Who knew that was a paying gig??? #Furrowedmiddlebrowclub

Not my favorite Margery Sharp, but fun nonetheless.

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Here it is: our 2025 #FurrowedMiddlebrowClub reading schedule!

Thanks for all the nominations and speedy votes. It looks like we‘ll be having another enjoyable year together! 👏

And, as always, anyone is welcome to join in at any time to read along with us and discuss, of course.

Mr. Partridge on view of Dormouth Bay, “It had the lowest death-rate in Great Britain, and no illegitimate births. It was a beauty-spot and moral all in one.

Sulkily, Mr. Partridge descended.”

😂😂🤣🤣 Poor bored Mr. Partridge. #Furrowedmiddlebrowclub

Well, this one was a bit of a disappointment for me. The hijinks were amusing, but Lizbeth and Ronnie got on my nerves. And Mr. Partridge, although adorable, was a bit odd in the way he just pushed himself into their lives. I surprised myself with my reaction, as I usually adore our #FurrowedMiddleBrowClub picks. 😕

I don‘t think we‘ve read Stella Gibbons yet. Here are our two winter-themed choices for November 2025 for members vote on. #FurrowedMiddleBrowClub

This was a delightful romp with a little bit of romance.

Middle aged Mr. Partridge takes a chance and hitches his star to young Lizbeth Campion, who is trying to reform her rather useless brother Ronnie. The trio moves to London and finds an assortment of odd jobs, but will Ronnie stick with anything? And will Lizbeth marry her rather strait laced fiancé, Captain Brocard, who very much disapproves of Ronnie?

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