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The Shooting Party
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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The Shooting Party
It is 1913 - just prior to England's entry into World War I - and Edwardian England is about to vanish into history. A group of men and women gather at Sir Randolph Nettleby's estate for a shooting party. Opulent, adulterous, moving through the rituals of eating and slaughter, they are obtuse and decorative finale of an era.
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The Shooting Party is a masterpiece of historical fiction and the inspiration behind Downton Abbey.
It is 1913—a breath away from the Great War—and Edwardian England is about to vanish into history. An assorted group of men and women gather at Sir Randolph Nettleby's estate for a shooting party. Opulent, adulterous, moving assuredly through the rituals of eating and slaughter, they represent an era's dazzlingly obtuse and brilliantly decorative finale.
A quiet, elegant meditation on class frustration and the transience of human concern, The Shooting Party is also the inspiration behind one of the great landmarks of popular culture—Downton Abbey.
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Isabel Colegate's The Shooting Party is praised for its intricate weaving of romance, social commentary, and country life into a rich narrative, capturing the transition of an era. It has been acclaimed as a masterful metaphor for a vanishing way of life, described as both a modern classic and a minor masterpiece by critics.
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ISBN: 9780141188676
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 January 2007
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Contributors:
- Introduction by Julian Fellowes
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 13.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 172g
Pages: 224
About the Author
Isabel Colegate is the acclaimed author of many bestselling books including The Shooting Party, The Orlando Trilogy, The Summer of the Royal Visit and Winter Journey.
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