- Cluny Brown (novel)
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Cluny Brown Author(s) Margery Sharp Publisher Little, Brown & Company Publication date August 1944 ISBN B0018VFXQQ Cluny Brown is a humorous coming of age novel by Margery Sharp,[1] first published in the United States of America by Little, Brown & Company in August 1944. [2] The story was adapted into a 1946 film made by Twentieth Century-Fox, directed and produced by Ernst Lubitsch. [3]
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Plot Summary
The story follows the escapades of a plumber's niece, Cluny Brown, who is twenty years old in England in 1938. Cluny has high spirits and a constant desire for expansion of experience that leads the more staid members of her community to question whether she knows her place. As a consequence of one final London based excursion of discovery outside the bounds of what Cluny's mentors consider proper, she is sent off into good service with a charming country residence know as Friars Carmel to be a Tall Parlour Maid. The coincidental simultaneous arrivals of the young son and heir of the house, a mysterious Polish professor, and a beautiful socialite add complexity to this adventurous tale of a young woman following her dreams and finding her personal freedom in the tumultuous early 20th century.
Characters in Cluny Brown
- Clover 'Cluny' Brown, fearless adventurer & Tall Parlour Maid
- Andrew Frewen, heir to Friars Carmel
- Lady Alice Carmel, mistress of Friars Carmel
- Sir Henry Carmel, baronet of Friars Carmel
- Mr. Wilson, the neighborhood chemist
- Adam Belinski, distinguished Pole of letters
- Elizabeth 'Betty' Cream, London socialite
- Hilda Brewer, house maid
- Mr. Porritt, Cluny's plumber uncle
- Syrette, valet
References
- ^ "Margery Sharp.com". http://www.margerysharp.com/.
- ^ "Library of Congress Catalog Info". http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=cluny+brown&Search_Code=GKEY^*&CNT=100&hist=1&type=quick.
- ^ "Cluny Brown Film Review". http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/cluny-brown/5212.
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Categories:- American novels
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