Author Name: DELAFIELD, E. M. (Introduction by Nicola Beauman)
Title: Diary of a Provincial Lady; containing Diary of a Provincial Lady; Provincial Lady Goes Further; Provincial Lady in America, Provincial Lady in Wartime
Binding: Softcover; Trade PB
Book Condition: Good+
Size: 529 pages
Publisher: London Virago Modern Classics c1930-40, 1985
ISBN Number: 0860685225 / 9780860685227
Seller ID: 6496
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."
British Woman Author Village Life Novel England Virago 162 Virago Modern Classic
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