by Margery Sharp · Dean Street Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781913527693
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«The Stone of Chastity» is a social comedy novel by Margery Sharp, published by Dean Street Press in paperback (216 pages, in English).
Professor Pounce arrives in Gillenham with his nephew Nicholas and his assistant Carmen to investigate the Stone of Chastity, a slab that according to legend makes impure women trip. His tests on the local women outrage the vicar's wife and Mrs Pye, while Nicholas tries to appease the town and contend with his romantic impulses.
The novel, originally published in 1940, remained out of print for decades until Dean Street Press revived it in 2021.
A read suited to fans of British social comedy and authors such as Angela Thirkell or Barbara Pym.
Clara Margery Melita Sharp was an English writer of 25 novels for adults, 14 children's novels, four plays, two mysteries, and numerous short stories. Her best-known work is The Rescuers series about a heroic mouse named Miss Bianca and her partner Bernard, which was later adapted into the animated feature film The Rescuers (1977) – and a sequel, The Rescuers Down Under (1990) – by Walt Disney Productions.
