Queen, Miss Mapp Including the Male Impersonator, Lucia in London

Lucia Rising

Three of Benson's Lucia stories. &quot;Queen Lucia&quot; was published in 1920, &quot;Miss Mapp&quot; in 1922 and &quot;Lucia in London&quot; in 1927. They are much-loved novels of provincial snobbery and became a successful television series.

Mapp and Lucia, Lucia's Progress, Trouble for Lucia

Lucia Victrix

&quot;Mapp &amp; Lucia&quot; first published in 1935. &quot;Lucia's progress&quot; first published 1935. &quot;Trouble for Lucia&quot; first published in 1939.

E. F. Benson

Subtly brilliant comedy of social rivalry between the wars. Emmeline Lucas (known universally to her friends as Lucia) is an arch-snob of the highest order. In Miss Elizabeth Mapp of Mallards Lucia meets her match. Ostensibly the most civil and genteel of society ladies, there is no plan too devious, no plot too cunning, no depths to which they would not sink, in order to win the battle for social supremacy. Using as their deadly weapons garden parties, bridge evenings and charming teas, the two combatants strive to outcharm each other - and the whole of Tilling society - as they vie for the position of doyenne of the town.

Mapp and Lucia

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