The Provincial Lady Series by E.M. Delafield

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  • Diary of a Provincial Lady (The Provincial Lady #1)
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    Diary of a Provincial Lady (The Provincial Lady #1)

    E.M. Delafield

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1930

    When Diary of a Provincial Lady was first published in 1930, critics on both sides of the Atlantic greeted it with enthusiasm. This charming, delightful and extremely funny book about daily life in a frugal English household was named by booksellers as the out-of-print novel most deserving of republication.This is a gently self-effacing, dry-witted tale of a long-suffering and disaster-prone Devon lady of the 1930s... more

  • The Provincial Lady in London (The Provincial Lady #2)
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    The Provincial Lady in London (The Provincial Lady #2)

    E.M. Delafield

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 1930

    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 shrewdly recreated with amusing illustrations. The P.L. finds herself slogging through the mud of a collective farm, coping with Soviet trains and hotels and almost literally rubbing shoulders with robust citizens at a public beach.

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