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E.F. Benson

Born

in Crowthorne, Berkshire, England, The United Kingdom

July 24, 1867

Died

February 29, 1940

Website

https://www.efbensonsociety.org/

Genre

Fiction, Humor and Comedy, Biography

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Edward Frederic "E. F." Benson was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist and short story writer.

E. F. Benson was the younger brother of A.C. Benson, who wrote the words to "Land of Hope and Glory", Robert Hugh Benson, author of several novels and Roman Catholic apologetic works, and Margaret Benson, an author and amateur Egyptologist.

Benson died during 1940 of throat cancer at the University College Hospital, London. He is buried in the cemetery at Rye, East Sussex.

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Average rating: 3.96 · 44,880 ratings · 5,174 reviews · 1,028 distinct works • Similar authors

	Queen Lucia 3.92 avg rating — 5,377 ratings — published 1920 — 322 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mapp and Lucia (Lucia, #4) 4.21 avg rating — 3,129 ratings — published 1931 — 86 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Miss Mapp (Lucia, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 2,540 ratings — published 1922 — 204 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lucia in London (The Mapp & Lucia Novels, #3) by E.F. Benson, Micheál Mac Liammóir (Introduction) 4.21 avg rating — 1,763 ratings — published 1927 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Collected Ghost Stories of E.F. Benson by E.F. Benson, Richard Dalby 4.12 avg rating — 1,630 ratings — published 1992 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Make Way for Lucia 4.41 avg rating — 1,411 ratings — published 1948 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Worshipful Lucia (Lucia, #5) 4.32 avg rating — 1,237 ratings — published 1935 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trouble for Lucia (Lucia, #6) 4.29 avg rating — 1,080 ratings — published 1939 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Room in the Tower 3.76 avg rating — 923 ratings — published 1912 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lucia Rising 4.37 avg rating — 583 ratings — published 1927 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by E.F. Benson (?)

“Vicinity to the sea is desirable, because it is easier to do nothing by the sea than anywhere else, and because bathing and basking on the shore cannot be considered an employment but only an apotheosis of loafing.”
― E.F. Benson, The Collected Ghost Stories of E.F. Benson

tags: beach, loafing, sea, seaside, vacation

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“The hours of the morning between breakfast and lunch were the time which the inhabitants of Riseholme chiefly devoted to spying on each other.”
― E.F. Benson, Queen Lucia

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“An idea so luminous flashed across her brain that she almost thought the room had leaped into light.”
― E.F. Benson

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The Magician by W. Somerset Maugham

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Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot

10 votes, 23.8%

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

7 votes, 16.7%

This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald

5 votes, 11.9%

Cheerful Weather for the Wedding by Julia Strachey

4 votes, 9.5%

Summer Will Show by Sylvia Townsend Warner

3 votes, 7.1%

Mapp and Lucia by E.F. Benson

2 votes, 4.8%

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