Complete Mapp and Lucia Volume 2

Klappentext These three wonderful comic novels drolly record the battle between Lucia and Elisabeth Mapp for social and cultural supremacy in the village of Tilling (based on Rye). Their constant skirmishes ensure that every game of bridge, tea or dinner-party, church service, council meeting or art-exhibition are thrilling encounters that ensure Tilling is always on 'a very agreeable rack of suspense'. Both Elisabeth and Lucia are gross hypocrites, snobs and bullies, the huge differences in temperament and style ensure the battle is usually unequal. Elisabeth is incurably mean-spirited and Lucia suffers from splendid delusions of grandeur and personal prestige. Driven by demons of revenge, Elisabeth always acts impulsively, and therefore every revelation of her meanness allows Lucia, the consummate actress, to kill her ally with a sickening kindness.These three wonderful comic novels drolly record the battle between Lucia and Elisabeth Mapp for social and cultural supremacy in the village of Tilling (based on Rye).

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: E. F. Benson, E.F. Benson
• Collaboration: Keith Carabine (Editeur), Keith Carabine (Introduction), Keith Carabine (Editeur de la série)
• Edition: Wordsworth
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 05.04.2011
• EAN: 9781840226744
• ISBN: 978-1-84022-674-4
• Pages: 672
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 203 mm x 40 mm
• Thèmes: Wordsworth Classics; Wordsworth Classics
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Classic fiction: general and literary, Mapp Lucia Benson