Books by Mollie Panter-Downes

Published in 1931, Mollie Panter-Downes's book explores the different echelons of the increasingly self-conscious middle class and the ways in which the tensions and nuances of vocabulary, dress, occupation, politics, taste and, ultimately, the literary world contribute to the incompatibility of a marriage.

* A hymn to England and a vanished way of life, a memorable portrait of the aftermath of war.