Summer of the Barshinskys
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'Although the story of the Barshinskeys, which became our story too, stretched over many summers and winters, that golden time of 1902 was when our strange involved relationship began, when our... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0517555204
ISBN13:9780517555200
Release Date:August 1984
Publisher:Random House Value Publishing
Length:465 Pages
Weight:1.17 lbs.
Customer Reviews
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Summer of the Barshinskeys by Diane Pearson
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
This is a fantastic, historically correct novel that will carry you, along with the author's very well developed characters, over a span of 3 decades, from childhood, into a war, through excruciatingly painful love triangles, evoking heartwrenching emotion in its readers before at last, tying all the many loose ends into a tidy bundle, at which time the reader will have been through the proverbial wringer with the characters. This book is equal in every way, if not superior to Mitchell's Gone with the Wind, and would still make a compelling movie, or Masterpiece Theater presentation. If this book doesn't get you hooked on English literature by Ms. Pearson, then your tastes must certainly differ from mine. I highly recommend this incredible piece of literature!
A Glorious Summer with Every Human Passion!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
In the summer of 1902 everything was so perfect in the tiny English village and then the Barshiskey's moved it and turned the next door neighbors, the Willoughby's, world upside down.Every minute is enjoyable, from the domestic intrigue in the village's fanciest homes to a frenzied love affair in St Petersberg, from idyllic afternoons in Tyler's Meadow to frozen, frightened nights in Quaker camps devoted to the Russian poor, from its splendid beginning to a happy ending you will savor every minute of it, just as I did.
Enjoyable
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
A really enjoyable read. Lots of vivid descriptions of places. A favourite.
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