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Diary of a Provincial Lady de E. M. Delafield

Diary of a Provincial Lady: Diary of a Provincial Lady, cartea 77

Autor E. M. Delafield
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 8 sep 2016

E. M. Delafield's largely autobiographical novel is written as the journal of an upper-middle class lady living in a Devonshire village. Full of the peculiarities of daily life, the Provincial Lady attempts to avoid disaster and prevent chaos from descending upon her household, including a husband reluctant to do anything but doze behind The Times, mischievous children and trying servants, all the while keeping up appearances to society-at-large, and most particularly to the patronising Lady Boxe, with whom the Provincial Lady is eternally competing.

As witty and delightful today as upon first publication in 1930, Diary of a Provincial Lady is a brilliantly observed comic novel and an acknowledged classic. Introduced by Christina Hardyment.

Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781909621381
ISBN-10: 1909621382
Pagini: 176
Dimensiuni: 103 x 157 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.15 kg
Ediția:Main Market Ed.
Editura: MacMillan Publishers Int Ltd - MDL
Colecția Diary of a Provincial Lady
Seria Diary of a Provincial Lady

Descriere

E. M. Delafield's largely autobiographical novel is written as the journal of an upper-middle class lady living in a Devonshire village. Full of the peculiarities of daily life, the Provincial Lady attempts to avoid disaster and prevent chaos from descending upon her household, including a husband reluctant to do anything but doze behind The Times, mischievous children and trying servants, all the while keeping up appearances to society-at-large, and most particularly to the patronising Lady Boxe, with whom the Provincial Lady is eternally competing.

As witty and delightful today as upon first publication in 1930, Diary of a Provincial Lady is a brilliantly observed comic novel and an acknowledged classic. Introduced by Christina Hardyment.

Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

Notă biografică

Edmée Elizabeth Monica Dashwood (1890-1943) was an English author most commonly known as E. M. Delafield. Born in Sussex, England, Delafield was born into an upper-class family and her upbringing is often reflected in her largely autobiographical works. Delafield's best-known work, The Provincial Lady Series, has never been out of print.

Recenzii

I re-read, for the nth time, E.M. Delafield's dry, caustic Diary of a Provincial Lady, and howled with laughter
She converts the small and familiar dullness of life into laughter
I finished the book in one sitting, leaving the children unbathed, dogs unwalked, a husband unfed, and giving alternate cries of joy and recognition throughout
A Pooterish masterpiece of 20th-century humour
In the pages that follow is laid out the best of British womanhood, and you will fall in love with a capable, funny, clever, and never cloying woman ... EM Delafield has provided us with a faithful and funny and lasting record of having it all at a time when the concept was so alien that it didn't even exist