Afternoon Reading - Bright Young Things

Series of three classic short stories celebrating the riotous, witty, cocktail-swilling party people of the 1920s, dubbed by Evelyn Waugh the 'Bright Young Things'

Afternoon Reading - Bright Young Things - Bernice Bobs Her Hair

F Scott Fitzgerald. The dowdy Bernice becomes a 'society vampire' after guidance from her popular cousin Marjorie and begins to threaten Marjorie's own popularity.

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Afternoon Reading - Bright Young Things - Jeeves and the Yuletide Sprit

By PG Wodehouse. An unexpected invitation to spend the festive season in the country throws Jeeves's plans for a yuletide break in Monte Carlo into disarray.

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Afternoon Reading - Bright Young Things - The Garden Party

By Katherine Mansfield. A lavish party at the luxurious Sheridan family home is jeopardised when a local workman meets with a tragic death. Read by Romola Garai.

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