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  • Mr Finchley Discovers His England

  • Classic Canning, Book 1
  • By: Victor Canning
  • Narrated by: John Higgins
  • Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (4 ratings)

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Mr Finchley Discovers His England

By: Victor Canning
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Mr Edgar Finchley, unmarried clerk, aged 45, is told to take a holiday for the first time in his life. He decides to go to the seaside. But Fate has other plans in store...

From his abduction by a cheerful crook, to his smuggling escapade off the south coast, the timid but plucky Mr Finchley is plunged into a series of the most astonishing and extraordinary adventures.

His rural adventure takes him gradually westward through the English countryside and back, via a smuggling yacht, to London.

This gentle comedy trilogy was a runaway best-seller on first publication in the 1930s and retains a timeless appeal today. It has been dramatised twice for BBC Radio, with the 1990 series regularly repeated.
©1934 Victor Canning (P)2021 Duckworth Books Ltd
Classics Literary Fiction Small Town & Rural Historical Fiction Literature & Fiction
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aboutdelightful charming and very unusual travels

a very unusual book indeed. easy to listen to but a lot happens on Mr Finchley's travels across southern England . his adventures are almost surrealistic and an inspiration to anyone who wants to leave the rat race of urban life

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