Complete Mapp and Lucia (Pulp Humour)
Complete Mapp and Lucia is the entire collection of Mapp and Lucia stories by E. F. Benson.And features the following novels:Queen LuciaMiss MappThe Male ImpersonatorLucia in LondonMapp and LuciaLucia’s ProgressTrouble for LuciaThe novels feature humorous incidents in the lives of (mainly)...
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Complete Mapp and Lucia is the entire collection of Mapp and Lucia stories by E. F. Benson.And features the following novels:Queen LuciaMiss MappThe Male ImpersonatorLucia in LondonMapp and LuciaLucia’s ProgressTrouble for LuciaThe novels feature humorous incidents in the lives of (mainly) upper-middle-class British people in the 1920s and 1930s, vying for social prestige and "one-upmanship" in an atmosphere of extreme cultural snobbery. Several of them are set in the small seaside town of Tilling, closely based on Rye, East Sussex, where Benson lived for a number of years and (like Lucia) served as mayor. Lucia previously lived at Riseholme, based on Broadway, Worcestershire, from where she brought to Tilling her celebrated recipe for Lobster à la Riseholme.
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B00BGZCYKC
Publish date: February 16th 2013
Publisher: Pulptastic
Pages no: 1757
Edition language: English
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