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E.M. Delafield
Full Series List in Order
Provincial Lady
The Provincial Lady in London ()Diary of a Provincial Lady (Jan-1988)
The Provincial Lady in Russia (Sep-2005)
The Provincial Lady in Wartime (Sep-2005)
The Provincial Lady in America (Oct-2005)
The Provincial Lady Goes Further (Dec-2011)
Book List in Order: 21 titles
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Diary of a Provincial Lady
- Jan-1988
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'January 22nd - Robert startles me at breakfast by asking if my cold - which he has hitherto ignored - is better. I reply that it has gone. Then why, he asks, do I look like that? Feel that life is wholly unendurable, and decide madly to get a new ha...
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Thank Heaven Fasting
- Jun-1989
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"She could never, looking backwards, remember a time when she had not known that a woman's failure or success in life depended entirely upon whether or not she succeeded in getting a husband"
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The Way Things Are
- Jun-1989
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"'You've never told me about your marriage, Laura?' said Duke Ayland.
. . . 'Yes. It's only - I'm very fond of Alfred,' said Laura, taking the plunge and temporarily unaware that almost all wives begin conve... -
The Provincial Lady in Russia
- Sep-2005
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These highly acclaimed, delightful novels are written in diary form by the Provincial Lady, who lives in a country house with her husband, two children, the children's French governess, Cook and a few assorted helpers. The era of the 1930s is wittily...
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The Provincial Lady in America
- Oct-2005
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The third in the delightful "Provincial Lady" series finds our pungently witty English lady travelling the United States. Her two earlier books were set in Devonshire and London respectively, where she set down her observations of life and letters as...
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Consequences
- Jun-2011
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E.M. Delafield was a popular 20th century novelist who wrote classics such as The Provincial Lady, and her books are still widely read today over 70 years after her death. ...
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The War-Workers
- Sep-2011
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Set during World War I England, this story centers on a Lady Vivian, a 29-year-old woman who goes to great lengths to secure admiration for her selfless devotion to her war work managing a supply depot and other war service organizations in her regio...
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No One Now Will Know
- Oct-2011
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In 1910-1914, Callie Lempriere is sent home from Barbados, where she attempts to piece together the mystery surrounding her family, the death of her mother and the 'exile' of her Uncle Lucy. 'No One Now Will Know' looks at three gene...
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The Provincial Lady Goes Further
- Dec-2011
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"A sequel to extremely popular, largely autobiographical ""Diary of a Provincial Lady,"" by E. M Delafield (also known as Mrs Henry de la Pasture), about her life in England in the early 20th century."...
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Faster! Faster!
- Aug-2012
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'Faster! Faster!' is a novel that tells of the mid-life crisis of Claudia Winsloe, who finds herself trapped by the dual responsibilities of her career and her family. The harder she pushes herself the more she becomes out of touch and increa...
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General Impressions
- Jan-2015
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Edmée Elizabeth Monica Dashwood, (1890 â€"1943), commonly known as E. M. Delafield, was a prolific English author. She is best known for her largely autobiographical Diary of a Provincial Lady, which took the form of a journal of the life of an uppe...
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The Heel of Achilles
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefo...
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Late and Soon
The novel is set in the West of England, over the course of one week in January 1942. Set against the background of a decaying English country-house tradition, the story follows Valentine Arbell and her two daughters, as they struggle to stand up for...
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The Provincial Lady in London
These highly acclaimed, delightful novels are written in diary form by the Provincial Lady, who lives in a country house with her husband, two children, the children's French governess, Cook and a few assorted helpers. The era of the 1930s is wittily...