Benson, E. F.
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Unique Elements Historical Context Detailed 20th Century Historical Outline A CLASSIC 1920 COMEDY MASTERPIECE BY E. F. BENSON
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uthor E. F. Benson is a book of literary fiction first published in 1920 in the United Kingdom.
A wickedly funny and entertaining read about idle women and their struggle for social dominance over their small communities.
Sneak Peak
Yet nothing mattered if all the class found themselves getting young and active and loving and excellent under this tuition. It was that notion which had taken such entire command of them all, and for his part Georgie did not really care who owned the Guru, so to speak, if only he got the benefit of his teachings. For social purposes Lucia had annexed him, and doubtless with him in the house she could get little instructions and hints that would not count as a lesson, but after all, Georgie had still got Olga Bracely to himself, for he had not breathed a word of her advent to Lucia. He felt rather like one who, when revolutionary ideas are in the air, had concealed a revolver in his pocket. He did not formulate to himself precisely what he was going to do with it, but it gave him a sense of power to know it was there.
Synopsis
Queen Lucia is the first of six novels in E. F. Benson's popular Mapp and Lucia series, published in 1920. Emmeline Lucas, known as Lucia to her friends, is the social queen of Riseholme, a fictional Elizabethan village in Worcestershire, in this book. The circle of upper middle-class friends surrounding Lucia represents the petty social prestige snobbishness and competitive maneuverings of power plays in the 1920s society. A classic comedy masterpiece, Benson’s writing is witty, precise and clever. The social satire mixed with humour expressed through simple and good-natured irony to biting criticism of the society is both entertaining and relevant in today's society.
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Title Details Original 1920 text Literary fiction Size 5 x 8 inch Matte Cover Cream Paper
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