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England, Their England (Paperback)
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England, Their England (Paperback)
Series: The Fonthill Complete
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England, Their England is an affectionately satirical inter-war
comic novel first published in 1933. It hit the right spot at the
time and became a bestseller, and has endured as a classic of
humour, transending the passage of time. It is particularly famed
for its portrayal of a village cricket match. The plot - if there
can be said to be a plot - is set in 1920s England, the book is
written as if a travel memoir by a young Scotsman who had been
invalided away from the Western Front, "Donald Cameron", whose
father's will forces him to reside in England. There he writes for
a series of London newspapers, before being commissioned by a
Welshman to write a book about the English from the view of a
foreigner. Taking to the country and provincial cities, Donald
spends his time doing research for a book on the English by
consorting with journalists and minor poets, attending a country
house weekend, serving as private secretary to a Member of
Parliament, attending the League of Nations, and playing village
cricket. The village cricket match is the most celebrated episode
in the novel, and a reason cited for its enduring appeal.An
important character is Mr Hodge; a caricature of Sir John Squire
(poet and editor of the London Mercury) while the cricket team
described in the book's most famous chapter is a representation of
Sir John's Cricket Club - the Invalids - which survives today. The
book ends in the ancient city of Winchester, where MacDonnell had
gone to school. New introduction by Alan Sutton
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