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E. M. Delafield. The Greatest Works of E. M. Delafield (Illustrated Edition)

The Greatest Works of E. M. Delafield (Illustrated Edition)

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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

Zella Sees Herself (1915)

PROLOGUE

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VI

VII

VIII

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XI

XII

XIII

XIV

XV

XVI

XVII

XVIII

XIX

XX

XXI

XXII

XXIII

XXIV

XXV

XXVI

XXVII

XXVIII

XXIX

The War Workers (1918)

Author's Foreword

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VII

VIII

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XI

XII

XIII

XIV

XV

XVI

XVII

XVIII

XIX

XX

Consequences (1919)

Book I. I. The Game of Consequences

II. School

III. Queenie Torrance

IV. Holidays

V. Other People

VI. The End of an Era

VII. London Season

VIII. Goldstein and Queenie

IX. Scotland

X. Noel

XI. Engagement of Marriage

XII. Christmas Pantomime

XIII. Decision

XIV. Barbara

XV. Diamond Jubilee

XVI. Mother Gertrude

XVII. Lawn-Tennis

XVIII. Crisis

Book II. XIX. Belgium

XX. Aftermath

XXI. Father Farrell

XXII. Rome

XXIII. N.W

XXIV. All of Them

XXV. Violet

XXVI. August

XXVII. The Embezzlement

XXVIII. Cedric

XXIX. Forgiveness

XXX. Epitaph

Tension (1920)

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VII

VIII

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XI

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XIII

XIV

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XVI

XVII

XVIII

XIX

XX

The Heel of Achilles (1921)

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VII

VIII

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XIII

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XVIII

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XXII

XXIII

XXIV

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XXVI

XXVII

XXVIII

XXIX

XXX

Humbug: A Study in Education (1922)

Author’s Foreword

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VII

VIII

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XI

XIX

Messalina of the Suburbs (1924)

Part I. I

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V

VI

VII

VIII

PART II. I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

Gay Life (1933)

CHAPTER I

(1)

(2)

(3)

CHAPTER II

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

CHAPTER III

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

CHAPTER IV

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

CHAPTER V

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

CHAPTER VI

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

CHAPTER VII

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

CHAPTER VIII

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

CHAPTER IX

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

CHAPTER X

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

CHAPTER XI

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

CHAPTER XII

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

CHAPTER XIII

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

CHAPTER XIV

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

CHAPTER XV

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

CHAPTER XVI

(1)

General Impressions (1933)

GENERAL IMPRESSIONS. GENERAL IMPRESSION OF A COUNTRY-TOWN HOUSE-AGENT'S OFFICE

GENERAL IMPRESSION OF A HOUSE REMOVAL

GENERAL IMPRESSION OF THE ZOO

GENERAL IMPRESSION OF A TENNIS PARTY

GENERAL IMPRESSION OF A LADIES' COMMITTEE MEETING

GENERAL IMPRESSION OF A COUNTRY AUCTION-SALE

GENERAL IMPRESSION OF A BANK

GENERAL IMPRESSION OF THE JANUARY SALES

GENERAL IMPRESSION OF A DENTIST'S WAITING-ROOM

GENERAL IMPRESSION OF A SERVANTS' REGISTRY OFFICE

GENERAL IMPRESSION OF A WEST-END DRAPER'S

GENERAL IMPRESSION OF A HUNT BALL

GENERAL IMPRESSION OF A SECOND-HAND CLOTHES SHOP

GENERAL IMPRESSION OF A CHILDREN'S PARTY

GENERAL IMPRESSION OF A LADIES' CLUB

GENERAL IMPRESSION OF A CHRISTMAS SHOPPING CENTRE

MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN IN FICTION. MEN IN FICTION. PROFESSIONAL MEN

LOVERS

HUSBANDS

FATHERS

CRIMINALS

WOMEN IN FICTION

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VI

CHILDREN IN FICTION

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II

HOME LIFE RELAYED. I

II

III

IV

V

STUDIES IN EVERYDAY LIFE. MOVEMENTS

LOOKING AT SCHOOLS

BEING PARENTS

MR. FAIRCHILD

THE NON-GARDENER'S GARDENING CALENDAR

LOOKING AT THE CLASSICS

THE SINCEREST FORM .. THE SUPREMACY OF MR. PONDS

ARNOLD PROHACK

Journal 1929

SUPER-SUPERLATIVE

STILL DUSTIER

PART I

PART II

PART III

PART IV

PART V

PART VI

PLATFORM SWEEPERS

By Albert Hall. CHAPTER I

CHAPTER XX

CHAPTER L

CHAPTER CXIV

CHAPTER CCCLXV

WOMEN AND CHILDREN LAST

(But journalistic young gentlemen don't, for very long) FOREWORD

(1) What I shall do to make my wife happy

(2) Mothers with a capital M

(3) Where women go wrong

(4) Where I myself go wrong

(NOT) FOR FRIGHTENED PEOPLE

(As it will only make them feel worse)

PORTRAIT OF A DARK CIRCUS

A Tale (Two or three Tails, in fact)

FLAMBOYANT

By the author of Pink Post Chaise

HEBRAIC

By Stern. (But not very)

WHITE WICKEDNESS; OR, ON THE WAUGH-PATH

One

Two

Three

Four

Five

THE GREATER BRITAIN, BY A GREATER BRITON

"Up, Guards, and at 'em."

WHEN I'M ALLOWED. TO BE . .

MOTHER THERESA MAKES HER MEDITATION

RETROSPECT

THE GENERATIONS

WHERE HAVE WE GOT TO NOW?

THE WIDOW

END OF A HOLIDAY

THE MOTHER

CONVERSATION-PIECE

MEN HAVE NO IMAGINATION

THE NIGHT SISTER

FAUNTLEROY (To A. P. D.)

QUESTION WITHOUT ANSWER

Late and Soon (1943)

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XVII

XVIII

XIX

The Bond of Union (1924)

Lost in Transmission (1924)

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III

Time Work Wonders (1924)

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II

The Hotel Child (1924)

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II

III

The Gallant Little Lady (1924)

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II

III

Impasse (1924)

The Appeal (1924)

The Philistine: A Story (1926)

The First Stone (1924)

To See Ourselves. A Domestic Comedy in Three Acts (1931)

CHARACTERS

SCENES

ACT I

ACT II

ACT III

ACT I

ACT II

SCENE II

ACT III

Отрывок из книги

E. M. Delafield

The Diary of a Provincial Lady (1930)

.....

Tea is brought in by Mrs. M., and Uncle A. declines my offer of pouring out and does it himself, and plies me with hot scones, apricot jam and home-made gingerbread. All is the work of Mrs. M. and I tell Uncle A. that she is a treasure, at which he looks rather surprised and says she's a good gel enough and does what she's told.

Can only remember, in awe-stricken silence, that Mrs. M. has been in Uncle A.'s service for the past forty-six years.

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