A review by jodilynclayton
Nightingale Wood by Sophie Dahl, Stella Gibbons

4.0

Another fun read from Stella Gibbons. Hard to believe she wrote this in 1938--in so many ways, it seems so modern. Nightingale Wood is Gibbons' version of Cinderella with a heroine who is less than perfect ("She did not look quite a lady, which was natural; as she was not one.") and a Prince who isn't always honorable. I didn't like this novel as well as Cold Comfort Farm, the satire isn't as pronounced, but the humor is still there and I still whizzed it through it in two days. I always enjoy getting a glimpse of history reading the books that were popular at the time. I wish someone would reprint the rest of Gibbons' novels.