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"Mapp and Lucia" is the centrepiece of E.F. Benson's series of Lucia novels - bringing together for the first time the eponymous middle-aged doyennes of polite 1930s society Miss Elizabeth Mapp and Emmeline Luca (Lucas to her friends). Lucia, recently widowed, is the newcomer to the village of Tilling and eager to wrest the reins of social supremacy from the incumbant Miss Mapp and install herself as its benevolent dictator. In their polite acts of sabotage and ruthless jockeying for the position of cultural arbiter Mapp and Lucia tear up the conventions of drawing-room bridge evenings as their deadly weapons. Things finally come to a head with Miss Mapp's audacious attempt to steal her rival's celebrated Lobster a la Riseholme. E.F. Benson's charming satrical bent turns the pretensions and snobberies of English village life into a vicious comedy.
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"Sparkles with wicked wit." --"Sunday Times"
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Subtly brilliant comedy of social rivalry between the wars.
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Condition: Muy bueno. : Sumérgete en la Inglaterra de los años 30 con 'Mapp and Lucia', una novela satírica de E.F. Benson que retrata la vida de pueblo y las rivalidades sociales con un toque de humor ácido. La historia sigue a Emmeline Lucas, conocida como Lucia, una viuda pretenciosa que llega al pueblo de Tilling con la intención de escalar en la jerarquía social. Sin embargo, se encuentra con la resistencia de Miss Elizabeth Mapp, la reina social local, dando inicio a una divertida batalla de ingenio y estrategias para alcanzar la supremacía social. Con fiestas de té, partidas de bridge y recetas robadas, Benson nos ofrece una comedia deliciosamente malvada sobre las pretensiones y esnobismos de la sociedad inglesa. EAN: 9781853753909 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: Mapp and Lucia Autor: E. F. Benson Editorial: Prion Books Ltd Idioma: en Páginas: 315 Formato: tapa dura. Seller Inventory # Happ-2024-06-03-0782741f