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The Diary of a Provincial Lady By E.M. Delafield - The Provincial Lady #1
The Diary of a Provincial Lady By E.M. Delafield - The Provincial Lady #1
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Published: 01/05/2014
Genres: Fiction - Classics - Humor - Historical Fiction - British Literature - Historical - Comedy
Elegantly written with divine comic understatement, Delafield’s wry account of the struggles of a 1920s housewife is as light as a feather and exquisitely poised. Enormously influential and endlessly imitated, The Diary of a Provincial Lady endures as a matchless piece of observational comedy.
'January 22nd - Robert startles me at breakfast by asking if my cold - which he has hitherto ignored - is better. I reply that it has gone. Then why, he asks, do I look like that? Feel that life is wholly unendurable, and decide madly to get a new hat'
It's not easy being a Provincial Lady in Devonshire in the 1920s, juggling a grumpy husband, mischievous children and a host of domestic dilemmas - from rice mould to a petulant cook. But this Provincial Lady will not be defeated; not by wayward flower bulbs, not by unexpected houseguests, not even by the Blitz. She will continue to preside over the W.I., endure rain-drenched family picnics and succeed as a published author, all the while tending to her strawberries.
The Diary of a Provincial Lady is a brilliantly observed comic novel, as funny and fresh today as when it was first written.
Widely regarded as one of the funniest English authors and an heir to Jane Austen, E.M. Delafield was born in Sussex in 1890. She took the name Delafield to distinguish herself from her mother (De la Pasture), also a novelist, and wrote over 30 books which could be 'as laugh-out-loud funny as PG Wodehouse' before her death in 1943.
Publisher information
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780141191812
Number of pages: 576
Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 27 mm
Weight: 395 g
Language: English
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