#d. e. stevenson

[the25centpaperback]

Vittoria Cottage by D. E. Stevenson, cover by Unknown Artist (1966)

[teabooksandsweets]

But a Miss Buncle mini series would be so good! Maybe one just for Miss Buncle’s Book, or the whole trilogy... the story-within-a-story.... the way they are meddled!!! The odd townsfolk... the 30s aesthetic! The proposal ♥ The wit and fluff and cuteness. And the satire. And what a different heroine Barbara is! I wonder who’d be a good fit to play her?

[oldsolidbooks]

So warm and charming! It’s my current read, and my first by D. E. Stevenson. An absolute delight, I am glad there’s two more books about Miss Buncle.

[intrepidheroine]

I would like to move into a D. E. Stevenson novel, please. Preferably one of her nice ones set in Scotland, like any of the Dunnian books or Ryddleton. Somewhere cozy with nice neighbors who look out for each other and people constantly making brown bread and sweaters and watching the scenery.

[teabooksandsweets]

The proposal in Miss Buncle’s Book is absolutely perfect. Fabulously romantic, sweet, tender, and so thoroughly original.

[teabooksandsweets]

But... a Miss Buncle’s Book mini series, or even a series of the whole Miss Buncle trilogy (and even The Four Graces, maybe) would be SUCH a delight. Such great fun. Especially Miss Buncle’s Book on its own, with the whole book-within-a-book story, everyone going crazy, and Barbara just watching, and growing (without being watched) and all the humour, and the romance (one of the best proposals in literature!) and the... the everything! And the aesthetic!

[teabooksandsweets]

Arthur Abbott is adorable.

[teabooksandsweets]

I’ve really got to say that Miss Buncle’s Book has one of the most endearing, and unusual, proposal scenes. It’s so charming, and original, and yet so quiet and fits both of them so well.