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Make a loved one smile with this classic Christmas read - a perfect stocking filler!

'Christmas Day was organized by Lady Bobbin with the thoroughness and attention to detail of a general leading his army into battle . . .'

The formidable fox-hunter Lady Bobbin is holding a Christmas house party. Attendees include her rebellious daughter Philadelphia, a pompous suitor, a couple of children poring over newspaper death notices, and a dejected writer whose first serious novel has been declared the funniest book of the year. Add to the mix beautiful ex-courtesan Amabelle Fortescue and her guests staying in a neighbouring cottage and you have a ribald tale of true love and false fidelity, hijinks and low morals, not to mention the consumption of a considerable quantity of Christmas spirit.

'Utter, utter bliss' Daily Mail

'A dazzling comic delight' The Times

'Very funny, irresistible' Spectator

Christmas Pudding: A charming book to get you in the mood for Christmas from the endlessly witty author of The Pursuit of Love

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    Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
    Publication Date: 01/11/2018
    ISBN13: 9780241342862, 978-0241342862
    ISBN10: 0241342864

    Number of Pages: 192

    Fiction , Classics

    Description

    Make a loved one smile with this classic Christmas read - a perfect stocking filler!

    'Christmas Day was organized by Lady Bobbin with the thoroughness and attention to detail of a general leading his army into battle . . .'

    The formidable fox-hunter Lady Bobbin is holding a Christmas house party. Attendees include her rebellious daughter Philadelphia, a pompous suitor, a couple of children poring over newspaper death notices, and a dejected writer whose first serious novel has been declared the funniest book of the year. Add to the mix beautiful ex-courtesan Amabelle Fortescue and her guests staying in a neighbouring cottage and you have a ribald tale of true love and false fidelity, hijinks and low morals, not to mention the consumption of a considerable quantity of Christmas spirit.

    'Utter, utter bliss' Daily Mail

    'A dazzling comic delight' The Times

    'Very funny, irresistible' Spectator

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