When Diary of a Provincial Lady was first published in 1933, critics on both sides of the Atlantic greeted it with enthusiasm. This charming, delightful and extremely funny book was named by booksellers in England the o.p. novel most deserving of republic
These highly acclaimed, delightful novels are written in diary form by the Provincial Lady, who lives in a country house with her husband, two children, the children's French governess, Cook and a few assorted helpers. The era of the 1930s is wittily and
E.M.Delafield wrote in the thirties an extraordinary set of books that were put together under the series "The Provincial Lady". After the success of the previous books, her editor asked her to go to Russia in the "in-between-wars" period, and write a "fu
These highly acclaimed, delightful novels are written in diary form by the Provincial Lady, who lives in a country house with her husband, two children, the children's French governess, Cook and a few assorted helpers. The era of the 1930s is wittily and
EM Delafield is best-known as the author of The Diary of a Provincial Lady (1930). But her favourite among her books was Consequences (1919), the deeply-felt novel she wrote about the plight of girls given no opportunities apart from marriage.Alex Clare i
Most of these stories focus on the small, quiet or unspoken intricacies of human relationships rather than grand dramas. The use of metaphor is delicate and subtle; often the women are strong and capable and the men less so; shallow and selfish motives ar
An outstanding collection of literary ghost stories includes 30 of the best examples of the genre, featuring contributions from Jack London, Agatha Christie, John Steinbeck, Muriel Spark, Daphne du Maurier, William Trevor, Mary Higgins Clark, and others.C
![RAF top gun : the story of Battle of Britain ace and world air speed holder Air Cdre E.M. "Teddy" Donaldson CB, CBE, DSO, AFC*, LoM (USA)](https://cdn.pdfdrive.com/assets/thumbs/d55/d55e992b7c93bfb1c5fe40bbd423c35b-s.jpg "RAF top gun : the story of Battle of Britain ace and world air speed holder Air Cdre E.M. "Teddy" Donaldson CB, CBE, DSO, AFC*, LoM (USA)")
