The_Water_Gipsies_(novel)
The Water Gipsies (novel)
1930 novel
The Water Gipsies is a romantic comedy novel by British writer A. P. Herbert first published in 1930. It portrays the adventures of Jane Bell and her sister Lily, who operate a barge along England's rivers and canals. Jane enjoys several romantic entanglements during the story.
The novel is Herbert's best-known work, and reflected his lifelong love of British waterways.[1] He lived in Hammersmith Terrace, and a thinly disguised version of The Dove pub appears as The Pigeons.[2]