Diary of a Provincial Lady (Provincial Lady Series)

E. M. Delafield

ISBN 10: 0897330536 / ISBN 13: 9780897330534

Published by Academy Chicago Publishers, 1982

Academy Chicago Publishers [Published Date: 1982]. Soft cover,388 pp Reprint edition. Very good in acceptable+ wraps. Black and white illustrated paper covers have light bumping to edges and light overall scuffing. Binding tight. Pages unmarked. Wrappers have a few 1" or less nicks and tears and creasing along edgesl. light overall scuffing and soiling to wraps as well with some of the color scuffed off along edges. Black and white illustrations. [From front flap] When Diary of a Provincial Lady was first published in 1933, critics on both sides of the Atlantic greeted it with enthusiasm. Joseph Hergesheimer wrote of E.M. Delafield in the BOSTON TRANSCRIPT: "Every story she has written is as delightful reading to day as the morning it was first published." This amusing book was recently named in England the o.p. novel most deserving of republication. American readers will find it extremely charming and funny. . . EM Delafield was the pen name of Elizabeth Monica Dashwood, born de la Pasture. Delafield is the latter anglicized. Her mother (Lady Clifford) was also a prolific novelist. EM Delafield had a number of French governesses who provided material for the Mademoiselle of Diary of a Provincial Lady. She wrote more than twenty books, three of which were sequels to the present volume. She died in 1943. Seller Inventory # 20250325003

Synopsis:

When "Diary of a Provincial Lady" was first publlished in 1933, critics on both sides of hte Atlantic greeted it with enthusiasm.....This charming, delightful and extremely funny book was named by booksellers in England the o.p. novel most deserving of republication.

About the Author: E. M. Delafield was the nom de plume of Edmée Elizabeth Monica de la Pasture Dashwood (1890-1943), who produced more than forty volumes of fiction, plays, and essays over twenty-six years in the 1920s and '30s. However, her Provincial Lady series, first published for the weekly magazine Time and Tide, has proven to be her most celebrated work.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Diary of a Provincial Lady (Provincial Lady ...
Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers
Publication Date: 1982
Binding: paperback
Illustrator: Arthur Watts
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable