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The Provincial Lady
ISBN
9781509858460
Genre
Algemeen
Verschenen
07-09-2017
Bindwijze
Ebook EPUB
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
Pan Macmillan
Auteur(s)
E. M. Delafield

The Provincial Lady

Reeks: Pan 70th Anniversary

E. M. Delafield
Leesfragment
€1,99
  • A
  • special
  • edition
  • of
  • The
  • Provincial
  • Lady
  • by
  • E.
  • M.
  • Delafield
  • reissued
  • with
  • a
  • bright
  • retro
  • design
  • to
  • celebrate
  • Pan’s
  • 70th
  • anniversary.The
  • Provincial
  • Lady
  • should
  • lead
  • a
  • charmed,
  • upper-middle
  • class
  • life
  • in
  • her
  • Devonshire
  • village
  • but
  • with
  • a
  • husband
  • reluctant
  • to
  • do
  • anything
  • but
  • doze
  • behind
  • The
  • Times,
  • mischievous
  • children
  • and
  • trying
  • servants,
  • it’s
  • a
  • challenge
  • keeping
  • up
  • appearances
  • on
  • an
  • inadequate
  • income,
  • particularly
  • in
  • front
  • of
  • the
  • infuriating
  • and
  • haughty
  • Lady
  • Boxe.Delightfully
  • witty,
  • the
  • Provincial
  • Lady
  • was
  • the
  • Bridget
  • Jones
  • of
  • the
  • 1930s,
  • documenting
  • the
  • chaotic
  • peculiarities
  • of
  • everyday
  • life
  • with
  • wonderful
  • wit
  • and
  • humour.
  • This
  • abridged
  • edition
  • takes
  • the
  • very
  • best
  • extracts
  • from
  • her
  • first
  • two
  • ‘diaries’
  • and
  • presents
  • them
  • as
  • one
  • brilliantly
  • comic novel.
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