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'Highly recommended. Combines tension with a splendid sense of atmosphere and vivid characterisation. An excellent read' (Sunday Express )
'Mr Delderfield's manner is easy, modest, heartwarming' (Evening Standard )
'R F Delderfield is a born storyteller' ( Sunday Mirror )
'Sheer, wonderful storytelling' (Chicago Tribune )
'It is always a pleasure to read R F Delderfield, because he never seems to be ashamed of writing well' (Books and Bookmen )
'He built an imposing artistic social history that promises to join those of his great forebears in the long, noble line of the English novel. His narratives belong in a tradition that goes back to John Galsworthy and Arnold Bennett' (Life Magazine )
'Mr Delderfield's manner is easy, modest, heartwarming' (Evening Standard )
'R F Delderfield is a born storyteller' ( Sunday Mirror )
'Sheer, wonderful storytelling' (Chicago Tribune )
'It is always a pleasure to read R F Delderfield, because he never seems to be ashamed of writing well' (Books and Bookmen )
'He built an imposing artistic social history that promises to join those of his great forebears in the long, noble line of the English novel. His narratives belong in a tradition that goes back to John Galsworthy and Arnold Bennett' (Life Magazine )
Evening Standard
'Mr Delderfield's manner is easy, modest, heartwarming'
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is the first in a set of two books. I love the way that it concentrates on one road in a suburb of London and follows the lives of several families. It starts in the early 1900's and progresses to the second world war. Can't recommend it enough....once you've read it you will have to read the sequel 'The Avenue goes to war' straight away.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I returned to this book ,and vol 2 the avenue goes to war,having read them both years ago,and enjoyed them just as much as i did back then,.Delderfield writes with a ecconmy of words but without leaving the reader wishing it was otherwise,the story of the avenue ,s doings between the wars ,will make the reader keen to read vol 2.A VERY GOOD READ SUEB
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book and its follow up "The Avenue goes to War" are two modern day classics. They tell the story of an avenue in South London between the first and second world wars and then continues through the war to around 1948. It tells the story mainly around the Carver family at first and we are introduced to the other residents through the eyes of the Carvers. If this book reminds me of anything it is the wartime film "This Happy Breed" which tells a similar story around a wartime, suburb of London.
Reading between the lines and looking at maps of London I think the Avenue Story is based in Croydon but of course this is Hypothesis and supposition. No matter it is a great story telling the story of the Avenue from 1919 until 1940(The Dreaming Suburb) and then from 1941 to 1948 (The Avenue Goes to War)
Reading between the lines and looking at maps of London I think the Avenue Story is based in Croydon but of course this is Hypothesis and supposition. No matter it is a great story telling the story of the Avenue from 1919 until 1940(The Dreaming Suburb) and then from 1941 to 1948 (The Avenue Goes to War)
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Kindle version sucks
I loved this book when I read it as a teenager so I was looking forward to rereading it. I enjoyed the story as much as ever but the Kindle version is ruined by the frequent and... Read more
Published 9 days ago by Hester
the dreaming suburb
book ok not worth the money it cost on post and packaging it had a oxfam sticker on it so i coul have gone in a charity shop and bought it cheaper
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Lovely book
I really enjoyed this book. I have only recently discovered this author and I would like to read all of his books now.
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Life as it really was
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Published 3 months ago by Mr. M. Kennard
A lovely perceptive book - the first half of a great story
I came back to this book and its sequel The Avenue Goes to War after reading The Blitz: The British Under Attack, which describes the general experience of the Blitz, with... Read more
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