August Folly

by Angela Mackail Thirkell

Angela Thirkell is the modern day Jane Austen for some, and in this book, there are allusions to Mr. Frank Churchill and Mrs. Norris. It is understood the readers know their origins. August Folly chronicles the lives and loves of modern Barsetshire with Thirkell\'s wit and sophistication. The gentlemen and gentle-women display some less that cultivated manners but seem to pull back into character with an apology or a gallant act to save their esteem. The comedy is held together with word and deed but especially word.

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Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?