Description: Welcome to the Angela Thirkell Society. Thirkell's novels are an accurate, witty record of English country life from the mid-1930s until 1961.
THE SOCIETY Become a Member NOVEL GUIDES Novel Guides (References) Synopses of Books ANGELA’S FAMILY BOOKS Books & Background Novel References CONTACT US Join the Society! Send your message Privacy Welcome to The Angela Thirkell Society The Angela Thirkell Society was founded in 1980 by Diana McFarlan of Dublin, Ireland. It’s based in the United Kingdom with a membership extending throughout Europe, the USA, and as far away as Australia and New Zealand.
Angela Thirkell (1890 – 1961) wrote more than 30 novels. They’re mostly based in the fictional county of Barsetshire , which was created by Anthony Trollope in 1855. Thirkell’s novels were immensely popular in the mid-20th century.
Like her illustrious grandfather, Sir Edward Burne-Jones , Mrs Thirkell’s popularity suffered a decline for some years, her books being thought to be too concerned with the upper middle classes and with a lifestyle that had ceased to exist after World War II . Her books have for the most part been out of print and poorly stocked in libraries for some years, except in the USA, where nearly all of them have been republished in paperback.