Mapp and Lucia
1931 novel by E. F. Benson / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mapp and Lucia is a 1931 comic novel written by E. F. Benson. It is the fourth of six novels in the popular Mapp and Lucia series, about idle women in the 1920s and their struggle for social dominance over their small communities. It brings together two sets of characters from three previous Benson novels: Emmeline "Lucia" Lucas, Georgie Pillson and Daisy Quantock from Queen Lucia (1920) and Lucia in London (1927), and Miss Elizabeth Mapp and her neighbours from Miss Mapp (1922).
Author | E. F. Benson |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Comic novel |
Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
Publication date | 1931 |
Preceded by | Lucia in London |
Followed by | Lucia's Progress |
In this novel, Lucia and Georgie leave Riseholme to take up summer residence in Tilling, renting Miss Mapp's home of Mallards. Mapp and Lucia soon begin a war for the dominance of social life in Tilling.[1]