Mapp & Lucia Novels

Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was writer chiefly known for his "Mapp and Lucia" series about Emmeline "Lucia" Lucas and Elizabeth Mapp. This satirical series portrays the dry British wit for which Benson became known for. "Queen Lucia", the first book in the series, introduces the unique Emmeline Lucas, a social authority and queen of the charming village, Riseholme. Lucia defends her throne as it is in jeopardy with the arrival of Olga Braceley, an opera singer.

The acclaimed author of Mapp and Lucia introduces the beloved Miss Elizabeth Mapp, a devious social climber, in this charming British comedy of manners. In the English seaside village of Tilling, Miss Elizabeth Mapp keeps a thorough notebook about everyone's business, including her servants. Whatever information she can't collect through gossip, she discovers with the aid of opera glasses. Looking out from her window over High Street, she pays especially avid attention to her neighbor, Maj. Benjamin Flint, whom she has been planning for years to marry. The second novel in E. F. Benson's popular Mapp and Lucia series, which has been adapted for BBC television, offers a biting satire of post-WWI English village life, complete with a cast of colorful characters who all fall under the knowing gaze of "Old Mappy." This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.

The third novel in E. F. Benson's classic 'Mapp and Lucia' comedy series following the lives of Emmeline "Lucia" Lucas and Elizabeth Mapp in the one-upmanship and snobbery of the 1920s/30s British social scene.

The fourth novel in E. F. Benson's classic 'Mapp and Lucia' comedy series following the lives of Emmeline "Lucia" Lucas and Elizabeth Mapp in the one-upmanship and snobbery of the 1920s/30s British social scene.

Meet Mapp and Lucia-two of the most unpleasant, disgraceful women you're ever likely to encounter, in E.F. Benson's carefully observed tale of 1930s village life and social rankingEmmeline Lucas (known as Lucia to her friends) is emerging from mourning following the death of her husband. Pretentious, snobbish, and down-right devious, she feels her hometown of Riseholme offers no challenges and decides to vacation in the town of Tilling. She rents "Mallards" from Miss Mapp. The two women clash immediately. Miss Mapp is used to being top of the social ranking in Tilling, and there is no way she is going to let a vulgar outsider claim her position. So begins a battle of one-upmanship, peppered with queenly airs, ghastly tea parties, and unnerving bridge evenings as the two combatants attempt to out-do each other to win social supremacy. The pompous Lucia and malignant Mapp are characters you will love to hate, wonderfully penned by E.F. Benson. Darkly comic and witty, it is soon to be a new BBC series written by Steve Pemberton.

The fifth novel in E. F. Benson's classic 'Mapp and Lucia' comedy series following the lives of Emmeline "Lucia" Lucas and Elizabeth Mapp in the one-upmanship and snobbery of the 1920s/30s British social scene.

Meet Queen Lucia, the character that inspired the BBC show, Mapp and Lucia. E.F. Benson's Queen Lucia is a delightful and humorous novel about upper-middle class British people in the 1920s and 1930s, set in the seaside town of Tilling.

The second novel in E. F. Benson's classic 'Mapp and Lucia' comedy series following the lives of Emmeline "Lucia" Lucas and Elizabeth Mapp in the one-upmanship and snobbery of the 1920s/30s British social scene. Also includes the short story "The Male Impersonator".

The last novel in E. F. Benson's classic 'Mapp and Lucia' comedy series following the lives of Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas and Elizabeth Mapp in the one-upmanship and snobbery of the 1920s/30s British social scene.

The first novel in E. F. Benson's classic 'Mapp and Lucia' comedy series following the lives of Emmeline "Lucia" Lucas and Elizabeth Mapp in the one-upmanship and snobbery of the 1920s/30s British social scene.

Lucia's Progress and Trouble for Lucia are the fifth and sixth novels in E. F. Benson's Mapp and Lucia series. They chronicle the ongoing battles of his most famous and irrepressible characters - Mrs. Lucia Lucas and Miss Elizabeth Mapp. Both women have been used to dominating their social circles, the idyllic seaside village of Tilling proves too small for both of them. Lucia is the more deadly of the two, with lofty morals, pretentious tastes, and a lust for power, while Mapp is younger, more forceful, and able to terrify her opponents into submission. While both are hypocritical snobs, Lucia is animated by splendid delusions of grandeur and Mapp by insatiable curiosity and chronic rage, their epic collisions rock their small society and provide the narrative engines for Benson's farcical masterpieces.

"Queen Lucia and Miss Mapp" collects together the first two novels of the "Mapp and Lucia" series by E. F. Benson, English novelist, short story writer, biographer, and archaeologist. In "Queen Lucia", first published in 1920, readers are introduced to the irrepressible Lucia and her unquenchable lust for power. She is a unique and forceful character, with a dangerous charm and outrageously pretentious tastes. First published in 1922, "Miss Mapp", features Benson's most popular character, the forceful and ambitious, but young and charming, Miss Elizabeth Mapp, who often terrifies those that oppose her into submission. The "Mapp and Lucia" series is a comical look at the world of the idle rich in small villages of England during the 1920s where the inhabitants have little else to do but spend their time gossiping and vying with each other for rank and attention. The unforgettable Lucia and Miss Mapp remain some of English literature's most fascinating and enduring characters and Benson's works continue to delight and entertain audiences with his character's humorous pretensions and manipulations. This edition includes a biographical afterword.