Mapp and Lucia (Edition 1) (Paperback)

from rosalita

I don't understand why I love the residents of Riseholme and Tilling so much. They really are the most vapid, conniving, hidebound, silly snobs you could ever imagine, and Lucia and Miss Mapp are the worst of the bunch. And yet, when they do occasionally get their comeuppance, I can't help but fe...

from miketroll

Delightful comedy of polite society in rural England in the late 1920s. Mapp & Lucia is the most celebrated of Benson's 6 novels featuring his eponymous heroines - not surprising, as it is the first time he brings these Valkyries (Stephen Pile's word) together in a head-to-head clash. It is hard ...

from Michael.Rimmer

Delightful; amusing; gentle comedy of manners: while accurate descriptors of Mapp and Lucia, these words also make it sound twee and, perhaps, dated, which is far from the truth. Gossipy, waspish and, at times, malignant are also accurate, and go more to the heart of the humour.Elizabeth Mapp hat...

from Michael.Rimmer

Delightful; amusing; gentle comedy of manners: while accurate descriptors of Mapp and Lucia, these words also make it sound twee and, perhaps, dated, which is far from the truth. Gossipy, waspish and, at times, malignant are also accurate, and go more to the heart of the humour. Elizabeth Mapp h...

from JulesJones

Abridged audiobook of the novel, read by Miriam Margoyles on 3 CDs. My first encounter with Benson's Mapp and Lucia characters, but assuredly not my last. Hysterically funny comedy of manners following the battle of wits and garden parties between two snobs, each intent on ruling local society in...