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The Provincial Lady Series;Diary of a Provincial Lady, The Provincial Lady Goes Further, The Provincial Lady in America & The Provincial Lady in
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Highlights
- Take a step back in time to the 1930s in this semi-autobiographical series that chronicles the daily life of an upper-class lady.
- Author(s): E M Delafield
- 636 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Humorous
- Series Name: Provincial Lady
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About the Book
Edmâee Elizabeth Monica Dashood (1890-1943), more commonly referred to as E. M. Delafield, was a best-selling English author. A proflic writer, she produced 40 books in her lifetime including novels, short stories, and parodies. This volume contains Dashwood's complete (3z (BProvincial Lady (3y (Bseries, which were bestsellers in her time and have never been out of print. Largely autobiographical, these charming novels are written as journals chronicling the experiences of an Englishwoman belonging to the upper-middle class in the 1930s. --Book Synopsis
Take a step back in time to the 1930s in this semi-autobiographical series that chronicles the daily life of an upper-class lady. Presented as diary entries, this delightful volume delves into English countryside life and a provincial lady's many mishaps.
In the depths of Devon, England, a disaster-prone, upper-class lady lives with her uncommunicative husband, their young children, a French nanny, the cook and a number of household servants. But this picture of perfect 1930s family life isn't all that it seems. Their grand house is never heated, the provincial lady is never dressed in the proper attire and she's rarely ever seen the latest show. In her self-depricating diary entries, the she records her domestic disasters and embarrassing misadventures. The four novels collected in this wonderful volumes are charming, witty, immensely honest, and sure to make you laugh.
This beautiful volume includes all of the books in The Provincial Lady Series:
- - Diary of a Provincial Lady
- - The Provincial Lady Goes Further
- - The Provincial Lady in America
- - The Provincial Lady in Wartime
Read & Co. Classics is proud to have republished The Provincial Lady Series in this wonderful new collection, complete with a specially-commissioned author biography. A must-read for collectors of E.M Dalafield's work and fans of epistolory novels.