This story is mainly about the division of the British classes at the turn of the century. It took a while for me to get into the story, I felt at the beginning there was a lot of unnecessary back story to build up the plot, and although the tragic Leonard Bast was a main part of the plot I found his character to be the least well developed.
As well as focusing on the division between the social classes in 1910, it also looks at the generation gap which probably became more apparent with the advent of the motor car. The younger generation would take to this over walking or taking a carriage.
When a motor car runs over a cat Margaret, the main protagonist, makes an interesting observation that in their class the women hide behind their men and the men hide behind their servants for it is easier for them to send one of the servants with some cash to pacify the owner of the cat.
When a motor car runs over a cat Margaret, the main protagonist, makes an interesting observation that in their class the women hide behind their men and the men hide behind their servants for it is easier for them to send one of the servants with some cash to pacify the owner of the cat.
I did enjoy this novel but it just didn’t quite have the charm I was expecting.
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