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
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E. M. Delafield. The Complete Provincial Lady Series - All 5 Novels in One Edition (Illustrated Edition)
The Complete Provincial Lady Series - All 5 Novels in One Edition (Illustrated Edition)
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Table of Contents
The Diary of a Provincial Lady (1930)
The Provincial Lady Goes Further (1932)
The Provincial Lady in America (1934)
The Provincial Lady in Russia (I Visit The Soviets) (1937)
The Provincial Lady in Moscow
They Also Serve: The Provincial Lady in Leningrad
To Speak My Mind About Russia: The Provincial Lady in Odessa
The Provincial Lady in Wartime (1940)
Dedication
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E. M. Delafield
The Provincial Lady Goes Further (1932)
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Speeches are made. Am struck, as so often, by the eloquence and profundity of other people, and reflect how sorry I should be to have to make a speech myself, although so often kept awake at night composing wholly admirable addresses to the servants, Lady B., Mademoiselle, and others—which, however, never get delivered.
