![]() ![]() ![]() The novel has been described as the fourth Miss Buncle book and a World War Two ‘Little Women’ I don’t think it is either of those things really. Miss Buncle fans be warned this novel although starting where The Two Mrs Abbots left off – does not feature Barbara Abbot (nee Buncle) at all. However, I shouldn’t start a review with a negative, and none of that prevents the novel – which cries out for re-issuing by Persephone – from being a really delightful read. The novel would have benefitted from being a little longer, and a couple of the characters more deftly explored. I thoroughly enjoyed The Four Graces, it’s charming, a deeply comforting read which I happily gobbled up pretty quickly, but I wanted there to be more, and in that I think lies one of this novel’s minor flaws. The Four Graces is the fourth novel in the connected series of books which begins with ‘ Miss Buncle’s Book’, the first three of which are published by Persephone books. ![]() D E Stevenson was a very prolific writer, and although I have only read very few of her books, I get the impression from what I have read of her work elsewhere that the quality of her work varies considerably. ![]()
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