Coming in April 13th-19th: The 1961 Club - with added Dean Street Press!
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"Stevenson creates a magical atmosphere—capturing the arrival of spring as a time for new opportunities for Frances and others. "
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Book cover for 'A House on the Rhine' by Frances Faviell. The design features a stylized illustration of a brick house with blue shutters at the top. Below, a sketch in reddish-brown ink shows a young woman with long hair looking pensively toward a river filled with ships and cranes. The background is a muted yellow.
Rediscover a lost voice of the 1950s.
A House on the Rhine by Frances Faviell is a visceral, poignant novel of post-war Germany.
As part of our mission to bring forgotten classics back to life, the Kindle edition is FREE this week. 📖
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A grid of twelve vintage-style book covers from the "Furrowed Middlebrow" series by Dean Street Press. Each cover features pastoral or domestic mid-century artwork, several by Eric Ravilious, set beneath a uniform graphic of stylized gray house gables. Authors include Elizabeth Fair, Molly Clavering, Winifred Peck, and Margery Sharp.
A rediscovered classic deserves a cover that reflects its soul. 🎨📖
We’re delighted by the love for our #FurrowedMiddlebrow editions featuring the work of Eric Ravilious. His vision of the English landscape is the perfect window into the worlds of Elizabeth Fair, Winifred Peck, & more.
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Book cover for the first of the four July 2026 reissues from the Dean Street Press Furrowed Middlebrow imprint: All I Desire by Dorothy Lambert featuring a portrait by Ambrose McEvoy. The cover shows a luminous, Impressionist-style portrait of a young woman with short brown hair in earthy red and yellow tones, framed by a stylized grey brick house design. The title and author's name are displayed in white on dark teal banners at the top and bottom.
Book cover for the second of the four July 2026 reissues from the Dean Street Press Furrowed Middlebrow imprint: Scotch Mist by Dorothy Lambert featuring a portrait by Ambrose McEvoy. The cover shows a luminous, Impressionist-style portrait of a young woman with short dark hair in a white dress against soft blue and teal tones. The portrait is framed by a stylized grey brick house design. The title and author's name are displayed in white on beige banners at the top and bottom.
Book cover for the third of the four July 2026 reissues from the Dean Street Press Furrowed Middlebrow imprint: Staying Put by Dorothy Lambert featuring a portrait by Ambrose McEvoy. The cover shows a luminous, Impressionist-style portrait of a woman wearing a wide-brimmed green and blue hat and a dark coat, set against a bright, warm yellow window background. The portrait is framed by a stylized grey brick house design. The title is displayed in white on a pink scalloped awning at the top, and the author's name is in white cursive on a pink banner at the bottom.
Book cover for the fourth of the four July 2026 reissues from the Dean Street Press Furrowed Middlebrow imprint: Harvest Home by Dorothy Lambert featuring a portrait by Ambrose McEvoy. The cover shows a luminous, Impressionist-style portrait of a young woman with short blonde hair in a cream-colored garment, set against a background of deep purples and blues. The portrait is framed by a stylized grey brick house design. The title and author's name are displayed in white on teal banners at the top and bottom.
Sneak peak at our new Furrowed Middlebrow covers for Dorothy Lambert, due for release in July 2026, featuring the luminous portraits of Ambrose McEvoy. 📚✨
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Some wonderful spring reading suggestions from Jen's Reading Life, including our edition of Near Neighbours by Molly Clavering! #Spring #books #furrowedmiddlebrow www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn9S...
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A bird’s-eye view of a wooden table featuring three Dean Street Press books from the Furrowed Middlebrow series: Kate Hardy by D.E. Stevenson, A Winter Away by Elizabeth Fair, and Fiddler’s Ground by Ursula Orange. The books are arranged next to a bright pink bouquet of tulips, a green ceramic teapot, a colorful handmade mug, and a vibrant rainbow-patterned gift bag.
To the women who keep it all together—and the books that tell their real stories. 📚
Five minutes of peace and a good book. Happy Mother's Day to all our fellow book-lovers! #MotheringSunday #FurrowedMiddlebrow
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Book cover for Kate Hardy by D.E. Stevenson (Dean Street Press). It features a vintage pastoral illustration of a large brick manor house and a couple walking in a green field, framed by a muted green textured border and yellow title banners.
"And what could be more annoying than to be chatted to when absorbed in a book?" Kate Hardy by D.E. Stevenson 📖✨
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Collage of Furrowed Middlebrow cover art.
Happy #InternationalWomensDay! 💐
Celebrate by diving into the "middlebrow" masterpieces of the 20th century. Our #FurrowedMiddlebrow library is growing to over 100 titles this July. Perfect for discovering a new favourite female author. 📖✨
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Book cover for "Bel Lamington" by D.E. Stevenson. The design features a vintage-style illustration of a serene loch surrounded by rugged, golden-hued mountains under a soft sunset sky. A small boat rowed by a single person glides across the water. At the top, a stylized architectural drawing of a manor house with multiple chimneys sits above the title. The author's name is at the bottom alongside a quote from Kirkus: "a hallmark of gentleness..." All elements are framed within a deep forest green border.
The beginning of Bel’s story. 🌿 Our new look for Bel Lamington, the perfect companion to Fletchers End.
Joining our D. E. Stevenson collection of new editions on 1 July 2026.
Pre-order details at the link on our website. 📖✨ #furrowedmiddlebrow #destevenson #coverart
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Would this be the right moment to reveal our new cover for Fletchers End by D. E. Stevenson? 😁 #coming #July #FurrowedMiddlebrow #booksky
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Book cover for "Yoked with a Lamb" by Molly Clavering, featuring a watercolor illustration of Bemersyde House, a stone Scottish manor, nestled among lush gardens with large trees and pink flowering bushes. A quote from the Daily Mirror at the bottom reads: "Teacups clinked in delightful scandal-spreading."
“There, now. Sure ye’re grand now!” she said proudly as she
righted the old lady with a deft twist which reminded Kate of pancake
tossing, and set her on her feet on the gravel."
Yoked with a Lamb by Molly Clavering #FurrowedMiddlebrow #PancakeDay
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So thrilled to see Love in a Mist by Susan Scarlett (aka Noel Streatfeild) and Love Comes Home by Molly Clavering featured on Babs’ Beloved Books! 📚✨
Read more here: babsbelovedbooks.blogspot.com
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Book cover for the 2020 Dean Street Press edition of "Much Dithering" by Dorothy Lambert. The top features a gray gabled house illustration. The central image is Ambrose McEvoy’s impressionist portrait of Nancy Cunard (c. 1920) in a pink and white dress. The bottom includes the title, author's name, and an Observer quote: "Dorothy Lambert can always be depended on."
1930s wit meets 1920s art.
Our 2020 reprint of Dorothy Lambert’s Much Dithering features Ambrose McEvoy’s stunning portrait of Nancy Cunard. A beautiful book for a beautiful story.
Available in paperback and eBook📚 #AmbroseMcEvoy #NancyCunard #FurrowedMiddlebrow #bookstagram
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Cover of Evenfield by Rachel Ferguson featuring a painting of a room with a chair and a window by Eric Ravilious.
THIS WEEK’S FREE KINDLE BOOK ✨
Download Evenfield by Rachel Ferguson for free on Kindle. #FreeTillFriday
A classic of middlebrow fiction, perfect for fans of Elizabeth von Arnim or Dorothy Whipple. #FurrowedMiddlebrow
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Verily Anderson’s Spam Tomorrow is a courageous and very funny look at surviving WWII one "bumpy" day at a time. #furrowedmiddlebrow @waterstones.bsky.social #booksky
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This week’s free Kindle! #FreeTillFriday
The Fledgeling by Frances Faviell
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Cover of The Snow Woman by Stella Gibbons featuring a house in a darkened landscape.
In The Snow-Woman, Stella Gibbons has created one of her most complex and poignant, yet still very funny, tales-of aging, coming to terms, and rediscovering life. Features new intro by Elizabeth Crawford @womanandhersphere.bsky.social #FurrowedMiddlebrow
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Black and white photo of Margery Sharp.
Covers of new editions by Margery Sharp: Rhododendron Pie, Fanfare for Tin Trumpets, Harlequin House, Four Gardens, The Foolish Gentlewoman and The Stone of Chastity.
It's a double celebration!
Happy Birthday to the legendary Margery Sharp! 🎂 #BOTD in 1905, queen of sharp wit and sophisticated British satire.
During WWII, she served as an Army Education Lecturer while writing classics like Cluny Brown.
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Happy Heavenly Birthday to Barbara Beauchamp! 🎂 #BOTD in 1909, this brilliant author served in the ATS before capturing the raw reality of post-WWII life in her 1945 novel, Wine of Honour. #FurrowedMiddlebrow #Booksky
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Cover of The Weather at Tregulla by Stella Gibbons featuring a rural village with trees.
"The sun shone, pale but brilliant, in a sky of that hard, light blue which promised a fine day and a sharp frost."
The Weather at Tregulla by Stella Gibbons
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This week's free Kindle:
A Harp in Lowndes Square by Rachel Ferguson
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This week's free Kindle: A House on the Rhine by Frances Faviell
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Rhododendron Pie by Margery Sharp, for Dean Street December
“This was a great choice for Dean Street December!”
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Cover to Graham Greene's Travel With My Aunt.
Cover of Julian Barnes' Keeping An Eye Open.
Cover of Henry James' The Spoils of Peynton.
Saturday, December 20, 2025
THE FURROWED MIDDLEBROW DOZEN 2025
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"Naturally I loved this book! (I’ve yet to find a Dean Street Press Furrowed Middlebrow book that I didn’t like!) Mrs. Tim doesn’t falter!"
Mrs. Tim Gets a Job by D E Stevenson
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The Woods in Winter by Stella Gibbons featuring a wintry scene of trees beside a house, with a rabbit scurrying across the road.
"Mrs. Threader sat alone on Christmas night, sipping ginger
wine. Everything demanded by Christmas was there; cards, paper decorations, mistletoe, holly."
From The Woods in Winter (1970) by Stella Gibbons.
New introduction by Elizabeth Crawford.
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"Ok, ok, I LOVE Dean Street’s #FurrowedMiddlebrow books so much I’m slipping in a second one! Happy #DeanStreetDecember! There’s still time to read one and join the fun."
A Winter Away by Elizabeth Fair #booksky #bookreview
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Winter and Rough Weather by D E Stevenson #bookreview #DeanStreetDecember2025 #FurrowedMiddlebrow hopewellslibraryoflife.wordpress.com/2025/12/09/t...
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Cosy cover of Miss Plum and Miss Penny by Dorothy Evelyn Smith with a bed strewn with letters and a black cat at the window.
“The carollers sang on... and it was a relief to get back into the warmth, and have hot rum punch and mince pies waiting for them.” #FurrowedMiddlebrow #Christmas #booksky
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