E. F. Benson
E. F. Benson, born in 1867, was a prolific English author, best known for his witty and insightful social comedies. The son of a bishop, he grew up in a literary environment that nurtured his early passion for writing. Benson's most famous work, the "Mapp and Lucia" series, features the delightful rivalry between two formidable women in the fictional English town of Tilling. His keen observations of social dynamics and character-driven narratives provide a charming glimpse into the lives of the early 20th century upper-middle class.
Queen Lucia
E. F. Benson was born at Wellington College in Berkshire, where his father, who later went on to become the Archbishop of Canterbury, was th…
Miss Mapp
E. F. Benson's Mapp and Lucia series, consists of six novels and three short stories. The novels are: Queen Lucia, Lucia in London, Miss Map…
Dodo Wonders
"Dodo Wonders" is the third and last of the "Dodo" novels by E.F. Benson, author of the "Mapp and Lucia" serie…
Dodo: A Detail of the Day
Fashionably controversial bestseller at the time of appearance (1893), portraying London "society" in the Fin de Siècle. Do…
The Room in the Tower, and Other Stories
These stories have been written in the hopes of giving some pleasant qualms to their reader, if by chance, anyone be occupying in their peru…
The Countess of Lowndes Square, and Other Stories
A collection of fourteen short stories, grouped under the headings of "Blackmailing Stories", "Spook Stories", "Cat…
Dodo's Daughter
The second in the "Dodo" sequence of novels. (Summary by Crowgirl)
The Relentless City
A satiric novel of manners written in Benson's classic style of gently poking fun at class structures and the people who fill them. This tim…
Visible and Invisible
The second collection of short stories from the pen of E.F. Benson. Found within are stories with a touch of the authors penchant for melodr…
Lucia in London
In the third book in the Mapp and Lucia series, provincial snob and social climber Mrs. Emmeline Lucas, known to her friends as Lucia, and h…
Colin: A Novel
"Colin" tells the story of the Stanier family who come from Stanier, near Rye, in the county of Sussex. The first section recounts…
David Blaize
Written during World War I but set before the war, David Blaize is a coming-of-age story set in an all-boys boarding school. We follow David…