If you liked the british literature plot in Don't Tell Alfred by Nancy Mitford , here is a list of 15 books like this:
1. That Uncertain Feeling
By: Kingsley Amis
3.53
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In That Uncertain Feeling by Kingsley Amis, competition is stiff for the position of sub-librarian … read more
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- classics
- humor
- fiction
- british literature
2. Mrs. Miniver
By: Jan Struther , Greer Garson
3.92
Format: 162 pages, Paperback
As a best-selling book and an Academy Award-winning movie. Mrs. Miniver's adventures have charmed m… read more
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- historical fiction
- classics
- fiction
- british literature
"It's as important to marry the right life as it is the right person."-Jan Struther, Mrs. Miniver
"It was more like a form of claustrophobia -- a dread of exchanging the freedom of her own self-imposed routine for the inescapable burden of somebody else's."-Jan Struther, Mrs. Miniver
"Clem caught her eye across the table. It seemed to her sometimes that the most important thing about marriage was not a home or children or a remedy against sin, but simply there being always an eye …"-Jan Struther, Mrs. Miniver
"Mrs. Miniver suddenly understood why she was enjoying the forties so much better than she had enjoyed the thirties: it was the difference between August and October, between the heaviness of late sum…"-Jan Struther, Mrs. Miniver
3. Death of an Avid Reader (Kate Shackleton, #6)
By: Frances Brody
3.87
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
A lady with a secret Kate Shackleton's sterling reputation for courageous sleuthing attracts the… read more
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- historical fiction
- fiction
- british literature
4. The Provincial Lady in London
By: E.M. Delafield
3.96
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
These highly acclaimed, delightful novels are written in diary form by the Provincial Lady, who liv… read more
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- classics
- british literature
- humor
- fiction
- historical fiction
- 20th century
5. A Handful of Dust
By: Evelyn Waugh
3.76
Format: None pages, Paperback
Laced with cynicism and truth, "A Handful of Dust" satirizes a certain stratum of English life wher… read more
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- classics
- british literature
- humor
- 20th century
- fiction
6. No Fond Return of Love
By: Barbara Pym
3.70
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Dulcie Mainwaring, the heroine of the book, is one of those excellent women who is always helping o… read more
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- classics
- 20th century
- fiction
- british literature
7. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
By: Winifred Watson
4.29
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Miss Pettigrew, an approaching-middle-age governess, was accustomed to a household of unruly Englis… read more
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- classics
- british literature
- humor
- fiction
- historical fiction
8. A View of the Harbour
By: Sarah Waters , Elizabeth Taylor
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
'Jane Austen, Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Pym, Elizabeth Bowen - soul-sisters all' Anne Tyler In the … read more
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- classics
- 20th century
- fiction
- british literature
9. A Glass of Blessings
By: Barbara Pym
4.43
Format: 320 pages,
Well dressed and looked after, Wilmet is married to Rodney, a handsome army Major, working nine thi… read more
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- classics
- british literature
- humor
- 20th century
- fiction
10. Hons and Rebels
By: Christopher Hitchens , Jessica Mitford
3.97
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Jessica Mitford, the great muckraking journalist, was part of a legendary English aristocratic fami… read more
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- classics
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- classics
- british literature
- humor
- france
- fiction
- historical fiction
- 20th century
12. Take Six Girls: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters
By: Laura Thompson
3.70
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
The eldest was a razor-sharp novelist of upper-class manners; the second was loved by John Betjeman… read more
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- british literature
13. The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family
By: Mary S. Lovell
3.82
Format: 295 pages, Paperback
This is the story of a close, loving family splintered by the violent ideologies of Europe between … read more
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14. Queen Lucia (Lucia, #1)
By: E.F. Benson
3.78
Format: 438 pages, Hardcover
Queen Lucia is the first book in the Mapp and Lucia series. Mrs. Lucas, Lucia to her intimates, res… read more
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15. On the Eve
By: Ivan Turgenev
3.84
Format: 464 pages,
First published in 1859, On the Eve(of the Russian revolution) is another of Turgenev's lyrical ide… read more
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17. Wild Strawberries (Barsetshire, #2)
By: Angela Thirkell
3.69
Format: 227 pages, Paperback
Action in Thirkells second Barsetshire novel centres around the extended family of the Leslies of R… read more
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- classics
- british literature
- humor
- fiction
- historical fiction
- 20th century
"What does Mrs Preston want to go abroad for?' asked Mr Leslie. 'I think her doctor wanted her to, Father,' said Agnes. 'Doctors!' said Mr Leslie, wiping the whole of the Royal College of Physicians o…"-Angela Thirkell, Wild Strawberries (Barsetshire, #2)
"...And of course they'll get their milk from us, because Gooch's milk in the village really can't be trusted. I do hope, Henry, the vicarage drains are all right if Martin is to go there, because the…"-Angela Thirkell, Wild Strawberries (Barsetshire, #2)
"Perhaps as one gets older one takes one's joys altruistically,"said John, in turn thinking aloud. "I must say though I sometimes wish I could get it selfishly, just for myself, as Gay used to give me…"-Angela Thirkell, Wild Strawberries (Barsetshire, #2)
"Henry, you mustn’t mind. It is really a kindness to have him.’ ‘Well, I do mind, Emily,’ said Mr Leslie, getting up. ‘Kindness is one thing and your family is another. You treat this house as if it w…"-Angela Thirkell, Wild Strawberries (Barsetshire, #2)
18. Street Haunting
By: Virginia Woolf
3.94
Format: 322 pages, Paperback
Six short stories and / or essays, extracted from The Crowded Dance of Modern Life(1993) and Select… read more
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19. The Lady Vanishes
By: Ethel Lina White
3.81
Format: None pages, Paperback
THE WORLD-FAMOUS SUSPENSE NOVEL FROM WHICH ALFRED HITCHCOCK CREATED HIS MOVIE MASTERPIECE, REDISCOV… read more
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20. Mystery Mile (Albert Campion Mystery #2)
By: Margery Allingham
3.86
Format: 536 pages, Hardcover
Judge Crowdy Lobbett has found evidence pointing to the identity of the criminal mastermind behind … read more
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21. The Shooting Party
By: Isabel Colegate
4.20
Format: 141 pages, Paperback
It is the autumn of 1913. Sir Randolph Nettleby has assembled a brilliant array of guests at his Ox… read more
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22. The Kindly Ones (A Dance to the Music of Time, #6)
By: Anthony Powell
4.23
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A Dance to the Music of Time – his brilliant 12-novel sequence, which chronicles the lives of over … read more
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- classics
- british literature
- 20th century
- historical fiction
- fiction
23. A Breath of French Air
By: H.E. Bates
3.62
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
'I should like to go to France,' said Ma. 'God Almighty,' Pop said. 'What for?' 'For a holiday of c… read more
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24. Diary of a Provincial Lady
By: E.M. Delafield
3.91
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
When Diary of a Provincial Ladywas first published in 1933, critics on both sides of the Atlantic g… read more
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26. Introduction to Sally
By: Elizabeth von Arnim
3.66
Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition
This 1926 romantic comedy was one of Elizabeth von Arnim's most popular works -- more popular in it… read more
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- classics
- humor
- fiction
27. Darling
By: India Knight
4.03
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Marooned in a sprawling farmhouse in Norfolk, teenage Linda Radlett feels herself destined for grea… read more
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- humor
- fiction
- british literature
28. Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
By: Evelyn Waugh
4.00
Format: 452 pages, Paperback
An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here. The most nostalgic and reflective of Evely… read more
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- classics
- british literature
- 20th century
- historical fiction
- fiction
"Here my last love had died."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
"No one is ever holy without suffering."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
"I had been there before; I knew all about it."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
"So through a world of piety I made my way to Sebastian."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
29. Keanu Reeves is Not in Love With You: The Murky World of Online Romance Fraud
By: Becky Holmes
3.88
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
One woman's hilarious and fascinating quest to expose the truth behind fraudulent Twitter romance … read more
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- humor
30. I'd Rather Not
By: Robert Skinner
3.72
Format: 171 pages, Kindle Edition
An endlessly entertaining collection of wayward autobiographical tales about a search for a richer … read more
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- humor
31. A Very Lively Murder (Three Dahlias #2)
By: Katy Watson
3.99
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
One murder mystery movie. Three Dahlias. And a whole cast of suspects... Ex-child star Posy Star… read more
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- fiction
