{"product_id":"9781447263609","title":"Country Moods and Tenses: A Non-Grammarian's Chapbook","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'. . . let the townsman say what he will, country life has more variety . . .'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA contemporary of Cecil Beaton, Siegfried Sassoon and Rex Whistler, Edith Olivier is best known for her first book, the novella, \u003ci\u003eThe Love Child\u003c\/i\u003e but was the author of a variety of both fiction and non-fiction, as well as becoming the mayor of Wilton, Wiltshire, in 1939.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this biographical memoir, written during the Second World War and subtitled 'A Non-Grammarian's Chapbook', Olivier takes the five grammatical moods - infinitive, imperative, indicative, subjunctive and conditional - and uses them to describe village and country life in her beloved Wiltshire as it was in 1941, the year of first publication. Covering a range of topics - from the folklore and traditions of the local area, to the weather and landscape itself - Edith Olivier's \u003ci\u003eCountry Moods and Tenses\u003c\/i\u003e captures a moment and describes a world which has, in many ways, been lost to us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140348428528,"sku":"9781447263609","price":5.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781447263609_p0.jpg?v=1763828027","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781447263609","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}