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The Headmistress : Virago Modern Classics : Book 378 - Elaine Claxton

The Headmistress

Read by: Elaine Claxton

Author: Angela Thirkell

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Available: 17th September 2026

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Barsetshire in the latter years of the Second World War is a peaceful and gossipy place, but there has been one lively change. A girls' school, evacuated from London, has taken over Harefield Park. Miss Sparling seems to be the perfect headmistress: she dresses as a headmistress should and is an easy and erudite conversationalist. Her new neighbours like her and her pupils respect her, but there is something missing from her life; something which - though she never dreamt it when she arrived - perhaps Barsetshire can provide...

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