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Zusatztext “Benson’s Lucia novels . . . are camp! sly! poisonous! piquant! stinging! clever! and as delightful as a glass of sweet sherry taken on a sun-dappled lawn.” — The Telegraph (UK) “Entirely delightful. . . . Superbly ridiculous. . . . Benson constructs a comedy that is as exquisite! in its way! as anything in English humorous literature.” —Auberon Waugh! The New York Times “These magic books . . . are as fresh as paint. The characters are real and therefore timeless.” —Nancy Mitford! The Times (London) “Benson’s cult novels are wicked! funny masterpieces—and thoroughly addictive. . . . Lucia! Georgie and Mapp are three of the very greatest characters in English fiction! and with them you can never go wrong.” —Edward Gorey! Vogue Informationen zum Autor Edward Frederic Benson OBE was an English author who lived from July 24, 1867, to February 29, 1940. He wrote novels, biographies, memoirs, histories, and short stories. E. F. Benson was born at Wellington College in Berkshire. He was the fifth child of Edward White Benson, who was teacher and later became chancellor of Lincoln Cathedral, bishop of Truro, and archbishop of Canterbury, and Mary Sidgwick ("Minnie"), who was born. There were three brothers named E. F. Benson: Arthur Christopher Benson wrote the words to "Land of Hope and Glory"; Robert Hugh Benson wrote several stories and works defending Roman Catholicism; and Margaret Benson (Maggie), who wrote books and liked learning about Egypt. I lost two other siblings very young. There were six kids and no grandkids in Benson's family. Benson went to Temple Grove School and then Marlborough College for his education. It was there that he wrote some of his earliest works and the ideas for his book David Blaize came from. He went to King's College, Cambridge, to finish his education. In college, he was a part of the Pitt Club at Cambridge. Later in life, he was made a senior fellow of Magdalene College. Klappentext E. F. Benson's beloved Mapp and Lucia novels are sparkling, classic comedies of manners set against the petty snobberies and competitive maneuverings of English village society in the 1920s and 1930s. Benson's series revolves around two unforgettable characters, both forceful and irrepressible women who dominate their respective villages in southern England and who will eventually end up hilariously at war with each other. Lucia is the more deadly of the two, with her pretentious tastes, treacherous charm, and lust for power. Miss Elizabeth Mapp, on the other hand, is younger and more forceful and able to terrify her opponents into submission. Benson introduces these splendid comic creations in the first two novels of the series, Queen Lucia (1920) and Miss Mapp (1922). Zusammenfassung E. F. Benson’s beloved Mapp and Lucia novels are sparkling! classic comedies of manners set against the petty snobberies and competitive maneuverings of English village society in the 1920s and 1930s. Benson’s series revolves around two unforgettable characters! both forceful and irrepressible women who dominate their respective villages in southern England and who will eventually end up hilariously at war with each other. Lucia is the more deadly of the two! with her pretentious tastes! treacherous charm! and lust for power. Miss Elizabeth Mapp! on the other hand! is younger and more forceful and able to terrify her opponents into submission. Benson introduces these splendid comic creations in the first two novels of the series! Queen Lucia (1920) and Miss Mapp (1922). ...
