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A list from the wonderful blog (and imprint!) Furrowed Middlebrow. Below you'll find a "good representation of the genres, themes, and styles of the British 'feminine middlebrow' from the early to mid-20th century." See the original post here.
Further reading: Nicola Humble's The Feminine Middlebrow Novel, 1920s to 1950s: Class, Domesticity, and Bohemianism, Nicola Beauman's A Very Great Profession: The Woman's Novel, 1914-39.
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Further reading: Nicola Humble's The Feminine Middlebrow Novel, 1920s to 1950s: Class, Domesticity, and Bohemianism, Nicola Beauman's A Very Great Profession: The Woman's Novel, 1914-39.
Please don't add other books.
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Cheerfulness Breaks In (Barsetshire, #9)
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China Court: The Hours of a Country House
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The Bird in the Tree (Eliots of Damerosehay, #1)
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Bewildering Cares
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Frost in May (Frost in May #1)
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The Great Fortune (Balkan Trilogy, #1)
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Love's Shadow
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Living Alone
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The Tortoise and the Hare
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A Favourite of the Gods
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The Tiger in the Smoke (Albert Campion Mystery, #14)
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The Feast
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William: An Englishman
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A Wreath For the Enemy
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The New House
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Summer's Day
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The Well of Loneliness
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Joanna Godden
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Company Parade
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The Winter is Past
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The Proper Place
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Family Roundabout
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The Squire
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Princes in the Land
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Death of a Peer (Roderick Alleyn, #10)
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The Land of Spices
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The Encircled Heart
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Peking Picnic
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When Last I Died (Mrs. Bradley, #13)
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The Love-Child
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Ordinary Families
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Hunt the Slipper
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Village Story
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Bricks and Mortar
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Alice
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Regiment of Women
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I'm Not Complaining
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Miss. Tiverton Goes Out
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