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Greengates Paperback – October 22, 2015

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4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 188 ratings
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    Persephone Books
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    October 22, 2015
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    7.64 x 1.1 x 5.71 inches
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Persephone Books (October 22, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 319 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1910263036
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1910263037
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.64 x 1.1 x 5.71 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 188 ratings

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful gentle story
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2020
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A worthy successor to his brilliant "Fortnight in September". A gentle, poignant tale of the British middle class between the wars. Summons up the time, place, and social relations wonderfully. I was taken aback by the use of the N word... but it's not done gratuitously and the author couldn't have predicted the effect on a reader nearly a century later. The Preface has a spoiler, so beware!
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Teaman
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Period Piece.
Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2016
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Any book by R. C. Sheriff is worth reading. He has a nice manner that invites the reader into the conversation and environment. I enjoyed this book and the highest praise I can give a book is that I would reread it. I generally find that books republished by Peresephone are worth buying.
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sally tarbox
3.0 out of 5 stars "It's terrible to think of 'just passing ther time' when there's not much left and it's so terribly precious"
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2016
Pleasant enough read, telling the story of Tom Baldwin from the day of his retirement from his job in insurance in the City. From the anti-climax of the leaving-present followed by the newspaper he chances upon which reports the suicide of a depressed retiree, Tom determines to spend his days actively and positively.
But as he intrudes upon the domestic routines of his wife and servant, and as his hobbies seem increasingly futile, life becomes unbearable. Until one day Tom and Edith take a country walk and see a lovely new estate being built. And suddenly the possibility of leaving their drab suburb and starting a new life seems a possibility...
Actually nothing earth-shattering takes place in this story - we follow Tom's finances, the selling of his house, the auction of the goods. But it's quite well written and a light, enjoyable read.
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Alice
4.0 out of 5 stars Plaisant
Reviewed in France on September 30, 2022
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Mr Baldwin vit ses dernières heures à la City. Ce soir, ça y est, c'est enfin la retraite tant méritée. Mais alors que cette idée devrait l'enthousiasmer, il ressent rapidement la nécessité d'avoir un nouveau but pour le stimuler...

Dès les premières lignes, je retrouve ce qui m'avait déjà séduit dans le précédent, une écriture fluide, le sens de la formule pour décrire les petits détails et les petites choses de la vie et la touche d'humour indispensable. Mais au fil des pages, j'ai quand même trouvé que l'intrigue était très longue à démarrer (à mon sens, elle ne commence vraiment qu'après plus de 150 pages). Peut-être que l'histoire en elle-même m'intéressait un peu moins que celle de The Fortnight in September, celle d'un couple qui essaie de trouver ses marques à la retraite, alors que je m'attendais à lire celle de Greengates, leur future maison. D'ailleurs, dès que celle-ci est enfin apparue à l'horizon, mon rythme et mon plaisir de lecture n'ont plus du tout été les mêmes.

Après avoir autant aimé The Fortnight in September, il aurait été étonnant que la même alchimie se produise ici. Je ne regrette cependant pas d'en connaître maintenant un peu plus sur l'oeuvre de R.C. Sherriff, et j'ai toujours envie de découvrir son roman de science-fiction.
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J. A. Findlay
4.0 out of 5 stars Dated but charming
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 30, 2020
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The story of a long term marriage in the 30s saved by buying a new house. Slow but utterly charming
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Terence hammond
5.0 out of 5 stars Sherriff writes about the ordinary but has a wonderful insight into character that brings this book to life
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 7, 2018
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R C Sherriff is primarily known for writing the play 'Journey's End', which is considered a seminal work about life in the trenches on the Western Front and is still performed to this day. His novels, however, are less well known and that is a pity. Sherriff writes about the ordinary but has a wonderful insight into character that brings this book to life. The story itself is simple. Mr Baldwin retires from his job in the City and decides to move with is wife to a more rural setting. As a plot it sounds extremely thin; but Sherriff imbues all the human characteristics that arise from such changes. Retirement has consequences for not only Mr Baldwin but for his wife. And both discover that leaving a house that they have lived in for almost 40 years is not as straightforward as it might seem. Like Sherriff's novel 'The Fortnight in September', this is a book of its time, first published in 1936, but is none the worst for that. To me, any novel where the reader invests in the characters and cares what happens to them succeeds in its aim to entertain, and this certainly hits the mark. A word of warning: don't read the Preface before you read the book because it gives the plot away. I stopped reading it when I realised where it was going. Leave it until the end.
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David
5.0 out of 5 stars R C Sherriff at his observant best
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 5, 2020
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Set in the 1930s a man retires after years of humdrum toil in the City to a life of humdrum monotony and marital friction as the couple seek to reconcile their hopes for retirement in a London house starting to fall into decay. A chance walk on a Saturday afternoon to rekindle memories of better days fires a desire for country living and sets a path to a new life in the suburbs. Hardly it would seem a page-turner of a plot, however, Sherriff's keen observation of character endears his subjects to the reader right from the beginning.
Sherriff explores his themes with insight, compassion and humour and not a little of the deflation of pomposity around the class snobbery of the times. I met the central characters of the novel as strangers and in the last pages was sorry to let them go.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A big fan of Persephone Books and all new books ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 10, 2017
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A big fan of Persephone Books and all new books should come with a bookmark with the same pattern as on the inside and back inside cover. However, this book ordered via Amazon was minus the bookmark which was a pity.
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