Dorothy Emily Stevenson was a best-selling Scottish writer. She published more than 40 "light romantic novels" over a span of more than 40 years. D. E. Stevenson was born in Edinburgh in 1892; she was the daughter of one of the ‘lighthouse’ Stevensons (Robert Louis was her father’s first cousin) and lived in Scotland all her life. She did not go to school but was educated by a governess, starting to write stories when she was eight. Holidays were spent at North Berwick, where she was a keen g...
Miss Buncle
Miss Buncle
Synopsis
Barbara Buncle, facing financial hardship, decides to write a novel inspired by the quirky residents of her English village. Published under a pseudonym, her book becomes a sensation, but the villagers soon recognize themselves, leading to humorous chaos. Things get even stranger when events from her book begin to happen in real life. In the sequel, Barbara navigates married life in a new town, finding new inspiration for her writing and continuing to stumble into hilarious mix-ups.
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Barbara BuncleProtagonist
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Miss BuncleUnknown, 1964
658 pages
Holt, Rinehart and WinstonLanguage: English2 editions available
