Fêtes worse than death? — Village festivals in fiction

Descripción
From cosy murder via simple adultery and pandemonium right through to ritual slaughter, novelists have had fun using the idea of a small community getting together on a big project to drive their plots. What are your favourite stories based on the idea of a village festival, fête, pageant, or whatever?
1
Before the Feast
por Saša Stanišić
284 miembros
10 reseñas
3.8
3 Members
thorold, Dilara86, spiphany
Explicaciones
thorold: The night before the festival in a Brandenburg village
2
Sueño de una noche de verano
por William Shakespeare
19,842 miembros
177 reseñas
4
3 Members
thorold, Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda
3
Lores y Damas
por Terry Pratchett
9,728 miembros
125 reseñas
4
2 Members
Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda
4
Harvest Home
por Thomas Tryon
1,141 miembros
37 reseñas
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
5
Festival at Farbridge
por J. B. Priestley
61 miembros
1 reseña
3.8
Member
thorold
6
La virgen en el jardín
por A.S. Byatt
1,750 miembros
32 reseñas
½ 3.7
Member
thorold
Explicaciones
thorold: A Yorkshire community putting on a play in the gardens of a stately home
7
The Lottery
por Shirley Jackson
1,171 miembros
43 reseñas
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
8
One Part Woman
por Perumal Murugan
202 miembros
4 reseñas
½ 3.7
Member
Dilara86
9
Harvest
por Jim Crace
1,071 miembros
71 reseñas
3.9
Member
spiphany
10
Smith of Wootton Major: Extended Edition
por J. R. R. Tolkien
175 miembros
2 reseñas
4
Member
spiphany
Explicaciones
spiphany: In which a village holds a feast, a very special cake is baked, and one child gets a key to faery. The first chapter of Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" would also fit this list.
11
Grenzgang: Roman
por Stephan Thome
71 miembros
4 reseñas
½ 3.4
Member
spiphany
Explicaciones
spiphany: Every seven years the residents gather to walk the boundaries of a Hessian village.
12
The Liquid Land
por Raphaela Edelbauer
52 miembros
5 reseñas
3.9
Member
spiphany
Explicaciones
spiphany: An oddly difficult-to-find Austrian village prepares for a major event.
13
Class Trip II
por Bebe Faas Rice
12 miembros
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
14
Over Sea, Under Stone
por Susan Cooper
6,585 miembros
139 reseñas
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
15
Blandings Castle
por P. G. Wodehouse
1,166 miembros
22 reseñas
4.1
Member
thorold
Explicaciones
thorold: Nominated for "Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend", one of the most nearly perfect Wodehouse short stories.
16
August Folly
por Angela Thirkell
382 miembros
23 reseñas
3.9
Member
thorold
Explicaciones
thorold: Most Thirkell novels have some sort of big event three-quarters of the way through: this one centres around amateur theatricals
17
Barbie in Television
por Marianne Duest
8 miembros
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
18
El Templete de Nasse House
por Agatha Christie
3,160 miembros
53 reseñas
½ 3.6
Member
thorold