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The Lemon Farm

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In a small English seaside village, Lady Davina Chelgrove leaves her husband Nigel for another, younger man. The affair proceeds towards a tragic ending. The "Lemon Farm" of the title is located in the Mediterranean and is the ideal that the two lovers aspire towards.
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is probably the most successful novel that Mr Boyd has yet written. His portrait of Davina herself is not only attractive but firmly and consistently modelled."
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is written with a firm assured touch yet with subtlety and delicacy. In the main it is tragi-comedy though it deepens into tragedy."
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found a lot to like with the novel: "Well constructed and well written
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the reviewer found this a better novel that the author's previous: "
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Martin Boyd
English
Scandal of Spring
Martin Boyd
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Argus
1935 in Australian literature
Austlit - The Lemon Farm by Martin Boyd
"Full Fathom Five", The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 June 1935, p5
"An Idyll and Tattlers", The Argus, 28 June 1935, p20
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Martin Boyd
The Madeleine Heritage
Dearest Idol
Scandal of Spring
The Lemon Farm
The Picnic
Night of the Party
Nuns in Jeopardy
Lucinda Brayford
Such Pleasure
The Cardboard Crown
A Difficult Young Man
Outbreak of Love
When Blackbirds Sing
Categories
Novels by Martin Boyd

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