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Fancy Farm, Paperback / softback Book

Fancy Farm Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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Set in Argyllshire, Scotland, Fancy Farm features the quixotic, idealistic and impractical landlord Sir Andrew Schaw who, as a result of imprudent management, has been forced to rent out his mansion house and live more humbly on a farm on his estate.

He prides himself on his egalitarianism, tolerance and his excellent relations with the ordinary folk.

His self-knowledge, however, is very limited and he cannot see the hypocrisy in his own position when he embarks on his "great experiment in training the Ideal Wife" - to mould Penelope, the woman he believes he wants to marry, into the kind of woman he wants her to be.

Penelope, however, is practical and a realist and soon exposes Sir Andrew's flaws.

In the end both find more suitable spouses. Fancy Farm is much more than a romantic love story. It is also very much a novel of ideas.

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