E F Benson TROUBLE FOR LUCIA Hardback
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E F Benson TROUBLE FOR LUCIA Hardback
Re-issue hardback of TROUBLE FOR LUCIA by E. F. Benson and published by William Heinemann Ltd., London in 1968. Foreword by Michael Mac Liammoir.The book is in very good condition and is housed in a protective mylar sleeve. There is only minor wear to the green dust jacket which is price clipped but has the original bookseller's price sticker attached. There are some foxing spots to the page ends. Internally, the pages are clean and tight and there are no tears and no inscriptions.
Edward Frederic Benson is one of the greatest English humorists. He achieved great success at an early age with his first novel Dodo (published in 1893). He wrote over a hundred books: serious novels, ghost stories, plays and biographies. But he is best remembered for his Lucia comedies written between 1920 and 1939 and other comic novels such as Paying Guests and Mrs Ames.
The principal setting of four of the Mapp and Lucia books is a town called Tilling, which is recognizably based on Rye, East Sussex, where Benson lived for many years and served as mayor from 1934. He died in 1940.
The Make Way For Lucia series consist of six novels and two short stories. The short stories are The Male Impersonator and Desirable Residences. Both appear in anthologies of Benson's short stories, and the former is also often appended to the end of the novel Miss Mapp. The last three novels were serialized for Channel 4 in 19851986 under the series title Mapp and Lucia and starring Prunella Scales, Geraldine McEwan and Nigel Hawthorne.
Trouble For Lucia is the fifth book in the series.
The author began the histories of Miss Elizabeth Mapp of Tilling and Mrs Emmeline Lucas of Riseholme (Mapp & Lucia) in the 1920s; and these books form an exquisite tapestry of life in two delightful English country towns.
"Lucia becomes mayor of Tilling with Georgie Pilson as her sidekick, confidant, and escort. Lucia and Georgie renew their acquaintance with the opera diva Olga Braceley and the composer Cortese, but nobody in Tilling believes Lucia when she claims to have entertained a duchess."
294 pages.
ISBN: 0 434 06503 X
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