The Provincial Lady - Complete Series (All 5 Novels With Original Illustrations)
Author | : E. M. Delafield |
Publisher | : e-artnow |
Total Pages | : 1180 |
Release | : 2015-07-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 9788026841739 |
ISBN-13 | : 8026841735 |
Rating | : 4/5 (735 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Provincial Lady - Complete Series (All 5 Novels With Original Illustrations) written by E. M. Delafield and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2015-07-30 with total page 1180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "The Provincial Lady - Complete Series (All 5 Novels With Original Illustrations)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Provincial Lady series is guaranteed to make you laugh by its witty take on the foibles of a young upper middle-class English woman living mostly in a Devon village of the 1930s. Excerpt: "November 7th.—Plant the indoor bulbs. Just as I am in the middle of them, Lady Boxe calls. I say, untruthfully, how nice to see her, and beg her to sit down while I just finish the bulbs. Lady B. makes determined attempt to sit down in armchair where I have already placed two bulb-bowls and the bag of charcoal, is headed off just in time, and takes the sofa." (The Diary of a Provincial Lady) E. M. Delafield (1890-1943) was a prolific English author and is best known for her largely witty and autobiographical Provincial Lady Series, which took the form of a journal. TABLE OF CONTENTS: The Diary of a Provincial Lady The Provincial Lady Goes Further The Provincial Lady in America The Provincial Lady in Russia (I Visit The Soviets) The Provincial Lady in Wartime