As promised, I am back with a new review of a book by A.A.Milne, the iconic author of the equally famous children book Winnie the Pooh and his friends. Milne was a prolific author who tried his hand of different genres and his short stories are intelligent sketches of various human characters and their stories.
The Rabbits - the self-given name for a group of friends in pre-war Britain - has the same deep sociological and psychological appeal, but it´s also witty and easygoing when it comes to the passions of the youth. The interactions, the game of language and the adventures of the group reflects at a certain level - middle class level, anyway - the society of the time, living carelessly in the shadows of a war in the making.
This book is matching the long trend of British literature of the early 20th, late 19th century, focused on fine and smart observations about society and it´s middle class representatives, therefore, The Rabbits can be also read as a sociological testimony as well as a literary episode of a long list of British authors.
The book reads easily but has a charm that will definitely keep you interested for the long run and at a certain literary level connected with the characters. They may stay with you for a while and keep you buy trying to figure out their motivations and behavior.
A recommended read and a welcomed initiative to bring back to the literary life such an intelligent writer.
Rating: 4 stars
Disclaimer: Book offered as part of the book tour but the opinions are, as usual, my own
Thanks for the blog tour support x
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