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Living Alone by Stella Benson
3.0
adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

A quick romp set in WWI London.  Half of the time I didn't know that the heck was going on, but there are some on the nose social criticisms in this book which have not aged a bit. 

The more committees you belong to, the less of ordinary life you will understand.

Miss Ford was the ideal member of committee, and a committee, of course, exists for the purpose of damping enthusiasms.

The ferryman says that people who are content to be average are lowering the general standard.

But she was a person used to living alone, she could enjoy quite lonely romances, and never even envy real women, whose romances were always made for two.