{"product_id":"miss-buncles-book","title":"Miss Buncle's Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/6428\/9071\/files\/Persephone.png?v=1775729186\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe storyline of \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMiss Buncle's Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e (1934) is a simple one: Barbara Buncle, who is unmarried and perhaps in her late 30s, lives in a small village and writes a novel about it in order to try and supplement her meagre income.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere are some serious moments, for example when the doctor’s children are, very briefly, kidnapped (as a way of trying to force their mother to admit that she wrote the book; which she did not). But the seriousness is minimal – mostly this is an entirely light-hearted, easy read, one of those books \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewhich can be recommended unreservedly to anyone looking for something undemanding, fun and absorbing that is also well-written and intelligent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eD.E. Stevenson had an enormously successful writing career: between 1923 and 1970, four million copies of her books were sold in Britain and three million in the States. Like E.F. Benson, Ann Bridge, O. Douglas or Dorothy L. Sayers (to name but a few) her books are funny, intensely readable, engaging and dependable. \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMiss Buncle's Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e was the most popular of her novels because it has a completely original plot and a charming and delightful central character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEndpaper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endpaper-caption\"\u003e'Flower vase lit by rays from a table lamp', a screen-printed cotton and rayon designed by Vanessa Bell for Allan Walton Textiles in 1934 (V\u0026amp;A Museum).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DE Stevenson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44960222216239,"sku":"9781903155714","price":1599.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/6428\/9071\/files\/missbuncle_sbook.png?v=1775723097","url":"https:\/\/lunabooks.in\/products\/miss-buncles-book","provider":"Luna Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}