Description
This is a copy of “Diary of a Provincial Lady” by E. M. Delafield. Published by The Folio Society. Bound in cloth. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What’s it about? In the late 1920s, E. M. Delafield, already a successful novelist, was asked to write something for Time and Tide magazine. The result was a comic delight that has remained in print ever since. Diary of a Provincial Lady recounts the trials and tribulations of an upper-middle-class housewife ‘of the class so frequently referred to as “leisured”’ – though the narrator would plead that her life is no such thing. Hers is a hectic round of persuading austere cooks to reconsider their resignations; enduring the insufferable Lady Boxe; evading the bank manager; collecting ‘Curious Beaks’ for her son Robin; and trying – with desperate kindness – to bid farewell to guests, from her eccentric schoolmate Cissie Crabbe to Our Vicar’s Wife, who never leaves: ‘At eleven Our Vicar’s Wife gets as far as the hall door. There we talk about forthcoming village concert, parrot disease and the bishop of the diocese …’ – The Folio Society ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Condition: Brand new, sealed. Please see photos as an additional condition description. Reference ID: 1279FSNFSSE11
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