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Shortly before the Second World War, a column by 'Mrs Miniver'
appeared in THE TIMES, the first of many recounting the everyday
events of a middle-class Chelsea family: Mrs Miniver's thrill at
the sight of October chrysanthemums; her sense of doom when the
faithful but rackety car is replaced; the escapades of Vin, Toby
and Judy, her unpredictable young children; visits to the Kent
cottage and, as war becomes a reality, the strange experience of
acquiring gas masks and the cameraderie of those unsettling early
days. Mrs Miniver enchanted the public with her sympathy and
affectionate humour, capturing ordinary lives and values now
darkened by war. First published in book form in 1939 and later an
enormously successful film, MRS MINIVER became a bestseller on both
sides of the Atlantic -- with Churchill exclaiming that it had done
more for the Allied cause than a flotilla of battleships.
As a best-selling book and an Academy Award-winning movie. Mrs.
Miniver's adventures have charmed millions. This edition, published
on the fiftieth anniversary of the book's orginal publication in
the U.S., features a new introduction by Greer Garson, who won the
Academy Award as best actress for her role as Mrs. Miniver.
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