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Mapp & Lucia #5-6
Lucia's Progress and Trouble for Lucia
Lucia is the most popular and well read character written by E. F. Benson, there are six books in total, this volume contains the fifth and sixth instalments of this wonderfully satirical look at the petty squabbling and brinkmanship in the social circles in a small English village. These two novels, originally published in 1935 and 1939, are being republished here together with a new introductory biography of the author.
533 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1939
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E.F. Benson
1,030 books355 followersEdward 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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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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February 15, 2021
E F Benson at his finest!
As I read E. F. Benson’s work, it seems to age beautifully. Lucia and Elizabeth grow into more mature women and become subtler in their deviousness toward each other. Elizabeth especially.
As I read E. F. Benson’s work, it seems to age beautifully. Lucia and Elizabeth grow into more mature women and become subtler in their deviousness toward each other. Elizabeth especially.
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December 5, 2023Leaving Tilling with a heavy heart... I'm going to miss those awful, scheming, petty little human beings.
February 18, 2017
Fun read in the 'goings on' of an English village and the rivalry between two women who take themselves too serious
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