The Voluble Topsy

1928-1947

A P Herbert (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

195 Seiten

2023
Handheld Press (Verlag)
978-1-912766-46-8 (ISBN)

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Topsy’s extensive social life, her adventures in and out of the House of Commons (and her audacious attempts to legislate for the Enjoyment of the People), and her wartime activity as the mother of twins, were recorded faithfully by the great comic writer A P Herbert.

In the late 1920s Topsy is a girl about town, a society deb, a dashing flapper. She writes breathless, exuberant letters to her best friend Trix about her life, her parties, her intrigues, and the men in her life. One particular man draws her into politics, and to Topsy’s amazement, she is elected as a member of Parliament.

A P Herbert (1890-1971) was one of Britain’s greatest comic writers, who specialised in writing for Punch, where the Topsy letters first appeared. He had a long career as a Member of Parliament and lawyer, during which he was a savage critic of obsolete British laws.

Introduction,
by Kate Macdonald

The
Trials of Topsy

1 A Brush with
the Highbrows

2 The Simple Life

3 Nature

4 Don Juan

5 Good Works

6 Hymen

7 Literature

8 Reducing

9 Going to the Dogs

10 Ideals

11 The Origin of
Nieces

12 The Superfluous
Baronet

13 The Noble Animal

14 The Fresh Mind

15 A Run with the
Yaffle

16 Case for the Defence

17 Good Women and
True

18 Charity

19 A Real Christmas

20 The Ephemeral Triangle

21 Engaged

22 The Untrained Nurse

23 Politics

24 Scandal at Burbleton

25 End of Act One

Topsy,
MP

1 Becomes a
Member

2 Goes Shooting

3 Flies Half the
Atlantic

4 At the Prunery

5 Makes a Film

6 Goes Hunting

7 Passes Poxton

8 Is All for Al

9 Takes her Seat

10 Hauls Down the
Gold Standard

11 Has Words with
the Whips

12 Knows Too Much

13 Wins Bread

14 Behaves Badly

15 Plays Golf
with Nancy

16 Solves
Everything

17 Converts a Whip

18 Is Unlucky

19 Converts the
Councillor

20 Starts a Salon

21 Trouble in the
Home

22 Asks Questions

23 Loses the Whip

24 Trouble in the
House

25 Does
Needlework

26 Becomes a
Mother

Topsy
Turvy

1
Peace!

2
Consolations

3
The Suffrage Episode

4
The Moon Party

5
Frustration

6
Iodine Dale

7
Saving at the Races

8
The Danes

9
Force 5

10
The New House

11
The Prime Meridian

12
Good Resolutions

13
Heroic Act

14
Timothy Brine

15
The Dogs

16
Jack and Jill

17
Keeping Fit

18
The Canaanites

19
Stiff Lips

20
Movements

21
Ulcerous World

22
Haddock in Trouble

23
The Speech Sweep

24
The Dogs Again

25
Radiant Day

Erscheinungsdatum	22.06.2023
Reihe/Serie	Handheld Comic Classics
Zusatzinfo	No
Sprache	englisch
Maße	135 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga ► Humor / Satire
	Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
ISBN-10	1-912766-46-9 / 1912766469
ISBN-13	978-1-912766-46-8 / 9781912766468
Zustand	Neuware