Publication

1998 - Timber Press, Portland, Or, Oregon

Language

English

Word Count

64,250 words, Guess

Page Count

257 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780881924602
  • Open LibraryOL348004M

Classifications

  • DDC824/.912
  • LCCPR6027.I22 Z524 1998
  • LCCPR6027.I22L3 1998

Description

"Be prepared. Beverley Nichols' garden books are part PG Wodehouse and part James Barrie — full of hilarious Jeeves-like characters and events, with moments of Peter Pan magic." "The charm of Merry Hall, Laughter on the Stairs (mostly about the house) and Sunlight on the Lawn is undeniable, a mixture of the lyrical, the teasing, the understatedly witty and the self-mockingly camp. In this, the second volume of the Merry Hall trilogy, Nichols is less concerned with his garden and more with his house, but the story does include the memorable characters Our Rose, the ditzy floral designer, and the cantankerous gardener Oldfield." [Nichols] the very model of gardening insouciance, ... wrote at least once about everything and ... is nearly the Bertie Wooster of gardening, and I say nearly only because some would consider it an insult to be called the Bertie Wooster of anything."

Subjects

Topics

GardeningGardenersBiographyEnglish AuthorsHomes and hauntsAuthors, EnglishIntellectual life

Times

Genres

  • Biography

Other Editions

  • Laughter on the stairsTimber Press1998-01-01

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