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Highland Fling

by Nancy Mitford · 1931

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The Scottish Highlands may never be the same after the Bright Young Things meet the Dull Old things on a long vacation at Dalloch. Jane Dacre finds painter Albert Gates irresistible, but the Old Regime is less enraptured, for Albert is an outrageous prankster.

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humorhumorMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thisromanceromanceMore like thisLess of thissatiresatireMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1930s1930sMore like thisLess of thisScotlandScotlandMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 199 pages

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