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Fancy Farm
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| Neil Munro. With an Introduction by Ronnie Renton |
| ISBN 9781904999980 |
| Paperback 312 pages |
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| Published 19 June 2009
UK Price £14.95
US Price $21.95 |
Set in Argyllshire, Scotland, Fancy Farm deals with the quixotic, idealistic and impractical landlord Sir Andrew Schaw who, as a result of imprudent management, has been forced to rent out his mansion house and live more humbly on a farm on his estate.
He prides himself on his egalitarianism, tolerance and his excellent relations with the ordinary folk.
His self-knowledge, however, is very limited and he cannot see the hypocrisy in his own position when he embarks on his “great experiment in training the Ideal Wife” – to mould Penelope, the woman he believes he wants to marry, into the kind of woman he wants her to be.
Penelope, however, is practical and a realist and soon exposes Sir Andrew’s flaws.
In the end both find more suitable spouses.
Fancy Farm is much more than a romantic love story. It is also very much a novel of ideas.
Neil Munro (1863-1930) was born in Inveraray, Argyll.
Best known as the creator of the enduring hilarious sketches of Para Handy and his crew of the puffer Vital Spark, he was also a distinguished journalist and novelist.
Along with Fancy Farm his novels include John Splendid, Gilian the Dreamer, The Daft Days and his masterpiece, The New Road. |
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