| Description |
1 online file |
| Series |
Maisie Dobbs.
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| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. New York : Soho Press, 2004. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1180 KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB). |
| Summary |
Praise for Maisie Dobbs: "Maisie Dobbs is a quirky literary creation. If you cross-pollinated Vera Brittain's classic World War I memoir, Testament of Youth, with Dorothy Sayers's Harriet Vane mysteries and a dash of the old PBS series 'Upstairs, Downstairs,' you'd approximate the peculiar range of topics and tones within this novel. . . . Its intelligent eccentricity offers relief."--Maureen Corrigan, "Fresh Air" on NPR "Deft. . . . Prepare to be astonished at the sensitivity and wisdom with which Maisie resolves her first professional assignment. . . . Winspear takes her through her ordeal with great compassion."--Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review "Surprisingly fresh. . . . Winspear does a fine job with the 'Upstairs, Downstairs' aspects of the story, depicting the class tensions that inevitably arise as Dobbs climbs to a new station in life. Her progression from domestic staff to college student to wartime nurse to... |
| Note |
GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Women private investigators -- England -- London -- Fiction.
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Young women -- Crimes against -- Fiction.
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Inheritance and succession -- Fiction.
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Children of the rich -- Fiction.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction.
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Dobbs, Maisie (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
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Missing persons -- Fiction.
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London (England) -- Fiction.
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| Other Form: |
Original 1569473684 |
| ISBN |
9781569476734 electronic bk. Adobe Digital Editions |
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(electronic bk. : Amazon Kindle) |
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(electronic bk. : OverDrive Read) |
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