South Riding by Winifred Holtby - like Middlemarch but set in the 30s, lots of local government committees, some of the women have agency, and it's 500 pages but I wished it was longer as I wanted to get to know some of the characters better.
Angela Dickson
Lightning book recommendation round! What was the last really good book you read? What was the vibe of it? Mine was Barbara Pym, An Unsuitable Attachment. Clergymen, spinsters, libraries, repressed sexuality, and a very sharp eye observing it all.
