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“Velveteen: The Real Girl Short Fiction Collection: A Short Fiction Collection, By: Velveteen” is the story of a young Woman who travels back in time to 1983 San Francisco, where she descends into the seedy underground circuit. She subsequently triumphs over her "Manager” (Lil Boochie), as well as the symbolic representation of Pure Evil embodied in the character Jackie_drew. In the end, Velveteen goes on to find Love and Redemption at an eponymously-named Chicken Sandwich Restaurant.
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Amalia's Story, Chapter Twenty-Seven
= Amalia Angeloni Jacobucci
"Creeping socialism"
Angela Thirkell Book Summaries #18:
The Old Bank House!
by Angela Thirkell (1949)
https://angelathirkellsociety.org/writings/book-summaries/
The small market town of Edgewood becomes the center of attention when the Old Bank House, the ancestral home of old Miss Sowerby, changes hands.
Its refurbishment by Sam Adams is regarded as the legitimate concern of the countryside up to, and including, an impromptu gathering to supervise the proper cleaning of the well.
Adams represents the emerging middle-class, supplementing professionals like the Deans and further diluting the influence of the old gentry; the Pomfrets, Marlings, Leslies, etc.
Interestingly enough, the author uses Adams to articulate the old values and negative attitudes toward creeping socialism and the lower orders which would sound mean and self-serving coming from the old gentry.
Despite the surface lightness and gentle humor, Thirkell’s depiction of returned veteran Tom Grantly’s post-war angst over choosing a career is sensitive as well as ...

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