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Cheerful Weather for the Wedding Free FREE CHEERFUL WEATHER FOR THE WEDDING PDF Julia Strachey | 128 pages | 31 Dec 2011 | Persephone Books Ltd | 9781906462079 | English | London, United Kingdom Cheerful Weather for the Wedding (film) - Wikipedia As IMDb celebrates its 30th birthday, we have six Cheerful Weather for the Wedding to get you ready for those pivotal years of your life Get some streaming picks. Title: Cheerful Weather for the Wedding The last summer, shown in major flashbacks, dashing archaeologist Joseph Luke Treadaway has brilliantly flirted with upper middle-class girl Dolly Thatcham Felicity JonesCheerful Weather for the Wedding her cute naughty kid brother Jimmy Ben Greaves-Neal and even her headless younger sister Annie Eva Traynoryet antagonized their mother, stuck-up widow Mrs. Thatcham Elizabeth McGovern. When bashful Dolly refused to accompany Joseph on a Greek excavation due to his commitment problems, she was afterwards sent on an Albanian holiday, met stuffy diplomat Owen James Norton and got engaged. At the wedding day, Dolly hesitated whether she was giving up on her best chance for happiness, and Joseph turned up, but the party guests and obligations kept getting in the way of actually talking it through. Written by KGF Vissers. Just before I sat down to watch this movie I had painted a floor. Watching that dry would have been more interesting. I continued to watch as an exercise in masochism. Maybe because I find the lead actress very unpleasant. She drank way to much and pretty much continuously. Never did really get who all the other people were, yes, a sister and a mother. Was the vicar the father? An annoying missionary guest. Assorted friends? My two stars go Cheerful Weather for the Wedding the person s responsible for the selection of the house, the costumer, the overall period look which is achieved very Cheerful Weather for the Wedding, including hairdos. The viewer certainly understands the main points of the story. They don't have to be re-told over and over again, in flashbacks and from different characters. If these were real people I would not wish any of them well. Looking for some great streaming picks? Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. Visit our What to Watch page. Sign In. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Full Cast and Crew. Release Dates. Official Sites. Company Credits. Cheerful Weather for the Wedding Specs. Plot Summary. Plot Keywords. Parents Guide. External Sites. User Reviews. User Ratings. External Reviews. Metacritic Reviews. Photo Gallery. Trailers and Videos. Crazy Credits. Alternate Versions. Rate This. A young woman frets upstairs in her family's country manor on her wedding day, fearful she's about to marry the wrong man. Director: Donald Rice. Added to Watchlist. From metacritic. All Time Favorite Movies. Troubling films. British Romantic Period Dramas. Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Mrs Thatcham Eva Traynor Annie Paola Dionisotti Mrs Whitstable Sophie Stanton Millman Felicity Jones Dolly Elizabeth Webster Betty Kenneth Collard Whitstable Cheerful Weather for the Wedding Ken Collard Ellie Kendrick Evelyn Luke Treadaway Joseph Ben Greaves-Neal Robert Olly Alexander Tom Joanna Hole Edit Storyline The last summer, shown in major flashbacks, dashing archaeologist Joseph Luke Treadaway has brilliantly flirted with upper middle-class girl Dolly Thatcham Felicity Jonesdelighting her cute naughty kid brother Jimmy Ben Greaves-Neal and even her headless younger sister Annie Eva Traynoryet antagonized their mother, stuck-up widow Mrs. Edit Did You Know? Trivia Though filmed in Somerset, the film is set in Devon. Out of the main cast, only Luke Treadaway Joseph is actually from the county of Devon, having grown up in the village of Sandford, just outside the town of Crediton. He was also born in the county's capital, Exeter. Quotes David Dakin : There's one in every family. Nancy Dakin : Two in yours. Crazy Credits The opening credits play over a close up of an old fashioned printing press in action, which eventually produces the invitations to the wedding which is the Cheerful Weather for the Wedding and the setting of Cheerful Weather for the Wedding film. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Report this. Add the first question. Country: UK. Language: English Latin. Runtime: 89 min. Sound Mix: Dolby Digital. Color: Color. Edit page. October Streaming Picks. Back to School Picks. Clear your history. Mrs Thatcham. Whitstable as Ken Collard. Jimmy as Benjamin Greaves-Neal. Miss Spoon as Jo Hole. Cheerful Weather for the Wedding by Julia Strachey Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Cheerful Weather for the Wedding. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Cheerful Weather for the Wedding by Cheerful Weather for the Wedding Strachey. Frances Partridge Preface. This short, witty novel was written in by a niece of Lytton Strachey and first published by The Hogarth Press. Get A Copy. PaperbackPersephone Book 38pages. Published September 1st by Persephone first published More Details Original Title. Cheerful Weather for the Wedding Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Cheerful Weather for the Weddingplease sign up. Be the first to ask a question about Cheerful Weather for the Wedding. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Cheerful Weather for the Wedding. Sep 17, Petra-X Cheerful Weather for the Wedding it it was ok Shelves: reviewsreviewedfictionread. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This was absolute rubbish. Wicked too. The story was that although her wedding was but a few Cheerful Weather for the Wedding off, the bride couldn't make up her mind whether she should get married or run off with a previous lover, a dithering sort of person whose job took him on great adventures abroad. He had just turned up again that day and hoped it wasn't too late. Whether to run off abroad with Cheerful Weather for the Wedding man or get married to her steady fiance Cheerful Weather for the Wedding was the question. The answer was to get drunk on rum straight from the bo This was absolute rubbish. The answer was to get drunk on rum straight from the bottle and eventually the lateness of the day and the clarity that alcohol sometimes brings made up her mind. The spurned lover admitted it was his fault that his heart was broken because his inactivity, lack of commuication and commitment to his beloved had led to her finding another man to love and marry. But not being a decent type, but an absolute bastard, then launched into a major attack on her character. He said she was promiscuous, pregnant by who knew who and had been so before and probably had abortions if not actually had the babies and left them in foreign locales. He said that even the servants were gossiping about it. She made the right choice, life with an asshole like that couldn't be worsened. This was one of those Bloomsbury set type books just made for a Julian Fellowes tv series starring Dame Maggie Smith as in Downton Abbey or similar acerbic old-lady actress plus great costuming. I got so little from the story, really a novella or Cheerful Weather for the Wedding short-story, that I downloaded the movie and watched that. It was a little better, but two stars, meh, why bother, is all I can rate it. View 2 comments. The Persephone books are so awesome. I often think that if I won the lottery, the first thing I'd do would be to call the Persephone shop in London. Isn't this what everyone fantasizes about when they imagine winning the lottery? But due to being cheap, I currently have only three Persephone books, and this is the first one I've actually read. Thankfully, it did not disappoint. As Seating Arrangements taught me last year, I love novels based around a wedding The Persephone books are so awesome. As Seating Arrangements taught me last year, I love novels based around a wedding that throws together a whole group of people, many of whom have some kind of long-simmering feeling for another member of the party. This one definitely had long-simmering Cheerful Weather for the Wedding, as well as dramatic revelations and a number of absolutely hilarious servants and wedding guests. Very short, but accomplishes a lot. View all 16 comments. I read this very short novella by a member of the Bloomsbury Group, first published inat a sitting - the perfect antidote to some of the longer and heavier tomes I've been struggling through lately. The main thing that struck me about it was how visually vivid it is - full of colours, textures and wickedly accurate descriptions, which make me want to track down the film that was made a few years back, and see how well it translates to screen. The book focuses in on a single day in a wildl I read this Cheerful Weather for the Wedding short novella by a member of the Bloomsbury Group, first published inat a sitting - the perfect antidote to some of the longer and heavier tomes I've been struggling through lately. The book focuses in on a single day in a Cheerful Weather for the Wedding disorganised, Bohemian household.
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