I absolutely love this novel! It is just plain silly. There are the fantastic reoccurring phrases (you'll know the ones I mean) and great vernacular-style vocabulary. Who doesn't want to go a-mollocking or scranletting at Ticklepenny Corner? 
 I've never read any of the more obscure 'loam and lovechild' novels, but if you have read any D.H. Lawrence or Thomas Hardy, you'll know exactly to what Stella Gibbons is referring. Even if you haven't read them, this is still a great read.