MAPP AND LUCIA SERIES – Complete Make Way For Lucia Collection: 6 Novels & 2 Short Stories In One Volume (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Upper-Middle-Class Antics in 1920s Seaside EnglandBy E. F. Benson
Length60h 39m
About this audiobook
This complete Make Way for Lucia collection gathers E. F. Benson's six novels and two short stories chronicling the exquisite social warfare of Riseholme and Tilling. With crystalline comic precision, Benson turns tea parties, tableaux, musical evenings, committees, and rented houses into arenas of power. Written in the tradition of English social comedy, yet sharpened by modernist-era irony, the series transforms provincial trivialities into a brilliantly sustained study of snobbery, performance, language, and self-invention. E. F. Benson, son of the Archbishop of Canterbury and brother of writers A. C. and R. H. Benson, moved easily within cultivated Edwardian and interwar circles. His knowledge of drawing-room ritual, artistic pretension, tourism, gossip, and class anxiety furnished the material for Lucia, Miss Mapp, Georgie, and their rivals. Benson's own residence in Rye, thinly disguised as Tilling, further anchors the books in observed social fact. This volume is ideal for readers who admire Jane Austen's social acuity, P. G. Wodehouse's comic architecture, or Barbara Pym's gentle but unsparing irony. Read together, the novels and stories reveal not mere light entertainment, but one of the finest comic anatomies of English manners in the twentieth century.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.4 (1.4K)
Includes Goodreads
GenreHumor
Length60 hrs 39 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 11, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
18Mapp and Lucia (pt. 2)
2Introduction
19Mapp and Lucia (pt. 3)
3Historical Context
20Mapp and Lucia (pt. 4)
4Synopsis (Selection)
21Mapp and Lucia (pt. 5)
5Queen Lucia (pt. 1)
22Lucia's Progress or The Worshipful Lucia (pt. 1)
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6Queen Lucia (pt. 2)
23Lucia's Progress or The Worshipful Lucia (pt. 2)
7Queen Lucia (pt. 3)
24Lucia's Progress or The Worshipful Lucia (pt. 3)
8Queen Lucia (pt. 4)
25Lucia's Progress or The Worshipful Lucia (pt. 4)
9Miss Mapp (pt. 1)
26Trouble for Lucia (pt. 1)
10Miss Mapp (pt. 2)
27Trouble for Lucia (pt. 2)
11Miss Mapp (pt. 3)
28Trouble for Lucia (pt. 3)
12Miss Mapp (pt. 4)
29Trouble for Lucia (pt. 4)
13Lucia in London (pt. 1)
30The Male Impersonator
14Lucia in London (pt. 2)
31Desirable Residences
15Lucia in London (pt. 3)
32Analysis
16Lucia in London (pt. 4)
33Reflection
17Mapp and Lucia (pt. 1)
34Memorable Quotes
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