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COPYRIGHT 2003 The Spectator Ltd. (UK)
THE PRIORY by Dorothy Whipple Persephone, 10 [pounds sterling], pp. 536, ISBN 1903155304
The Priory is the kind of book I really enjoy: funny, acutely observed, written in clear, melodious but unostentatious prose it deserves a renewed recognition as a minor classic in this aesthetically pleasing Persephone edition.
Dorothy Whipple, nee Stirrup (her mildly subversive names give a flavour of the book), was a highly successful novelist in the 1930s. The Priory was based on the house she and her husband stayed...
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