by E.F. Benson
Delightful; amusing; gentle comedy of manners: while accurate descriptors of Mapp and Lucia, these words also make it sound twee and, perhaps, dated, which is far from the truth. Gossipy, waspish and, at times, malignant are also accurate, and go more to the heart of the humour.Elizabeth Mapp hates ...
One of my favorite series of all times, perhaps the absolute favorite. I read it every year, in the bathtub, and my copies are a wrinkled mess. I love the characters in this book and the look into life how it was imagined to be (and maybe was) between the Wars for the well to do with no reason to ea...
I love Lucia and Mapp. Benson writes so well of his creations, and they are so horrible.
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