Marriage of Hermione
27 August 2015Imprint: Bello
Synopsis
Aged just seventeen Hermione is passed from the hands of an inattentive mother into an engagement with a young man she barely knows. Glad to have her pretty daughter married and celebrated by their social circle, Hermione's mother gives little thought to the fitness of the match. Hermione now finds she must grow up, and grow into a life with...
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27 August 2015256 pages
9781509810185Imprint: Bello
Reviews
Miss Crompton writes, as always, with distinction and humour. Her story of Hermione's married life can be heartily recommended as an individual novel about ordinary people.Spectator
It seems to me to have been done exceedingly well . . . You come to know and like these Derehams, and appreciate the intimacy with which they are presentedRalph Straus, The Sunday Times
Ironical, humorous, and brilliantly understandingEveryman
It is continuously interesting. Miss Crompton is amazingly sympathetic, amazingly shrewd, and Hermione and her family come to life under her penSaturday Review
