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6496 DELAFIELD, E. M. (Introduction by Nicola Beauman) Diary of a Provincial Lady; containing Diary of a Provincial Lady; Provincial Lady Goes Further; Provincial Lady in America, Provincial Lady in Wartime
Softcover; Trade PB Virago Modern Classics: London; c1930-40, 1985; 529 pages Good+
Spine and cover creases, covers edgeworn, previous owner laminated covers and put tape on inside covers. Page edges yellowed (as is common with Virago editions) but clean; none loose. A reading copy.; An omnibus edition of four of the Provincial Lady Diaries originally written from 1930-1940. They are witty portraits of life in a Devonshire village, in London, in the US and finally at the beginning of World War II.; Recommended by Holly H. of the ATS and AT email discussion list. "Diary of a Provincial Lady is my favorite book in all the world. This is the book I packed in my hospital bag when I was having a baby! It is absolutely enchanting...perfectly understated...quintessentially country English before the second world war.There is an emotional French governess, an arrogant titled neighbor, the silent husband, a procession of difficult servants, the talkative Vicar's wife, two not-quite-perfect but loveable children, and most of all, the Provincial Lady, who struggles through daily life with an overdrawn account and a much-needed sense of humor. Is there any better novel? 'Answer comes there none,' to quote the Provincial Lady."
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15.00 USD
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5820 DELAFIELD] DASHWOOD, R.M. Provincial Daughter
Softcover; Trade PB Virago Modern Classics: London; c1961,2004; Reprint 209 pages Illustrated by Gordon Davies; B&W Illustrations: Near Fine
New copy with faint edgewear; page edges pale tan.; Dashwood's mother was E.M. Delafield, the author of the 'Provincial Lady' series. Admirers of the Provincial Lady will also enjoy her daughter's humorous and witty recounting of British family life in the 1950's. We wish she had written more books.
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6516 Delafield] POWELL, Violet Life of a Provincial Lady ; a Study of E.M. Delafield and her Works
Hardcover Heinemann: London; 1988; First British Edition 190 pages B&W Photographs: Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper
Spine ends bumped, pages pale brown (seen before in this edition), page edges lightly soiled. Unclipped, yellow dust wrapper lightly edgeworn and rubbed, spine faintly sunned. ; In this study of E. M. Delafield and her works, the reader finds how the talented novelist's own life provided the fodder for the enchanting Provincial Lady series and many other highly successful volumes. (Included in this biography is Delafield's account of her time in a Belgian convent.) Like the Provincial Lady, she lived in a Devonshire village and was married with two children.'Delafield's domineering mother was the novelist Mrs. Henry de la Pasture and her father was an Anglo-French Count. The author of this biography, Lady Violet Powell, superbly analyzes the most important Delafield novels, published over half a century ago.'; Recommended by Provincial Lady addict Holly H.of the ATS, AT, and DES email discussion groups.
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