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Mapp and Lucia

Large Print
(432 Pages)
Product Number: LP3074
Released: 01 Nov, 2013
Business Term: Purchase
ISBN: #9781471246814
Publisher: W F Howes
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Description

A subtly brilliant comedy of social rivalry between the wars Emmeline Lucas (known universally to her friends as Lucia) is an arch-snob of the highest order. In Miss Elizabeth Mapp of Mallards Lucia meets her match. Ostensibly the most civil and genteel of society ladies, there is no plan too devious, no plot too cunning, no depths to which they would not sink, in order to win the battle for social supremacy. Using as their deadly weapons: garden parties, bridge evenings and charming teas, the two combatants strive to out charm each other - and the whole of Tilling society - as they vie for the position of doyenne of the town.

Author(s): E.F. Benson
Genre: Classics
Original Publish Date: 01 Nov, 2013

Professional reviews

"‘No matter how appalling, malicious and pretentious the behaviour of Lucia, the reader is always lured into a sense of affectionate complicity with this comic monster’ DAILY TELEGRAPH ‘Sparkles with wicked wit’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘These magic books are as fresh as paint. The characters are real and therefore timeless’ NANCY MITFORD"

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