The Collected Works of E. M. Delafield (Illustrated) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Humorous portraits of upper-middle-class Englishwomen: the Provincial Lady saga, novels, stories, and playsBy E. M. Delafield
Length132h 4m
About this audiobook
The Collected Works of E. M. Delafield (Illustrated) gathers the sharp, humane, and often brilliantly comic fiction of one of interwar Britain's most perceptive observers of domestic and social life. Best known for her "Provincial Lady" writings, Delafield transforms diaries, drawing rooms, village obligations, marriage, motherhood, class anxiety, and female self-scrutiny into literature of elegant irony and psychological precision. Her style—lucid, conversational, and devastatingly exact—belongs to the tradition of Austen, Gaskell, and later Barbara Pym, while remaining distinctly modern in its attention to women's interior lives. E. M. Delafield, born Edmée Elizabeth Monica Dashwood, drew upon a life shaped by upper-middle-class expectations, convent education, war work, marriage, and rural Devon society. Her experience as a woman negotiating duty, ambition, family, and public authorship deeply informed her fiction. She wrote prolifically as a novelist, diarist, dramatist, and reviewer, bringing to apparently ordinary situations a disciplined comic intelligence and a subtle feminist sympathy. This illustrated collection is highly recommended for readers interested in twentieth-century women's writing, social comedy, and the art of understated satire. It offers both pleasure and insight: a richly rewarding portrait of English life rendered with wit, tenderness, and enduring relevance.
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
GenreLiterary Classics
Length132 hrs 4 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 30, 2015
LanguageEnglish
The Diary of a Provincial Lady (Illustrated) (Annotated)E. M. Delafield6h 23m$2 · $0.00
THE COLLECTED NOVELS OF E. M. DELAFIELD (6 Titles in One Edition) (Annotated)E. M. Delafield67h 18m$2 · $0.00
The Diary of a Provincial Lady (Unabridged Edition With Original Illustrations): Humorous Classic From the Renowned Author of Thank Heaven Fasting, Faster! Faster! & The Way Things Are (Annotated)E. M. Delafield6h 24m$2 · $0.00
Gay Life (Unabridged) (Annotated)E. M. Delafield11h 36m$2 · $0.00
E. M. Delafield Premium Collection: 6 Novels in One Volume (Annotated)E. M. Delafield67h 21m$2 · $0.00
The War-Workers & Consequences (Two Unabridged Novels) (Annotated)E. M. Delafield21h 48m$2 · $0.00
Collected Works of E. M. Delafield: The Complete Provincial Lady Series, 15 Novels, Short Story Collections & Plays (Illustrated) (Annotated)E. M. Delafield132h 43m$2 · $0.00
The War-Workers & Consequences (Annotated)E. M. Delafield21h 48m$2 · $0.00
Late and Soon (NOVEL & 8 SHORT STORIES) (Annotated)E. M. Delafield13h 40m$2 · $0.00
The Provincial Lady: The Complete SeriesE. M. Delafield25h 54m$1 · $0.00
The optimistE. M. Delafield8h 20m$1 · $0.00
The pelicansE. M. Delafield12h 43m$2 · $0.00
The Diary of a Provincial Lady (Illustrated)E. M. Delafield5h 30m$2 · $0.00
The Provincial Lady Goes Further (Illustrated) (Annotated)E. M. Delafield7h 13m$2 · $0.00
LATE AND SOONE. M. Delafield13h 28m$1 · $0.00
The Diary of a Provincial Lady: Humorous Classic from the Renowned Author of Thank Heaven Fasting, Faster! Faster! & the Way Things Are (Summarized Edition)E. M. Delafield2h 35m$1
The E. M. Delafield Boxed Set - 6 Novels in One EditionE. M. Delafield67h 16m$1 · $0.00
Collected Works of E. M. Delafield (Illustrated)E. M. Delafield132h$1 · $0.00
The Collected WorksE. M. Delafield132h 52m$1 · $0.00
The Gulag Archipelago Volume 3Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn21h 56m$46 · $0.00
Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate CollectionArthur Conan Doyle59h 49m$5 · $0.00
The Complete Works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Novels, Short Stories and Autobiographical WritingsFyodor Dostoyevsky270h 59m$2 · $0.00
The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America (Annotated)Howard Irving Chapelle, Tappan Adney13h 10m$2 · $0.00
Charles Dickens: Complete Works (Annotated)Charles Dickens819h 4m$2 · $0.00
The Complete Novels of Jane Austen & Brontë Sisters (Annotated)Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë203h 52m$2 · $0.00
The Complete Works: Charlotte, Emily, Anne, Patrick & Branwell BrontëCharlotte Brontë, Anne Brontë, Emily Brontë138h 12m$1 · $0.00
The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Annotated)Oscar Wilde126h 19m$2 · $0.00
L. M. Montgomery – Premium Collection: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry & MemoirsLucy Maud Montgomery155h 1m$2 · $0.00
The Complete Works of the Brontë Family Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë140h 13m$2 · $0.00
MARK TWAIN: 12 Novels, 195 Short Stories, Autobiography, 10 Travel Books, 160+ Essays & Speeches (Illustrated)Mark Twain415h 9m5.0 (2)$2 · $0.00
This Side of Paradise - The Original 1920 Edition (Annotated)F. Scott Fitzgerald11h 30m$2 · $0.00
The Great Gatsby: Original 1925 Edition (An F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic NovelFrancis Scott Fitzgerald4h 45m$18 · $0.00
Ivanhoe (Annotated)Walter Scott22h 52m$2 · $0.00
All NovelsGeorge Orwell53h 48m$10 · $0.00
The Complete Works of TolstoyLeo Tolstoy412h 44m$1 · $0.00
The Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Annotated)Louisa May Alcott226h 24m$2 · $0.00
Sherlock Holmes series - completeArthur Conan54h 8m$3.50 · $0.00
The Fire Next TimeJames Baldwin2h 25m$15
The Count of Monte Cristo (With Original Illustrations)Alexandre Dumas54h$1 · $0.00
You may also like
The Peterkin papersLucretia P. Hale5h 44m$2 · $0.00
The Diary of a Provincial Lady (Illustrated) (Annotated)E. M. Delafield6h 23m$2 · $0.00
The Diary of a Provincial Lady: Humorous Classic from the Renowned Author of Thank Heaven Fasting, Faster! Faster! & the Way Things Are (Summarized Edition)E. M. Delafield2h 35m$1
The Debtor: A NovelMary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman15h 56m$2.30 · $0.00
The Diary of a NobodyGeorge Grossmith, Weedon Grossmith4h 32m$1 · $0.00
They and IJerome K. Jerome7h 27m$2.30 · $0.00
The Provincial Lady Goes Further (Illustrated Edition) (Annotated)E. M. Delafield7h 13m$2 · $0.00
The Diary of a Provincial Lady (Unabridged Edition With Original Illustrations): Humorous Classic From the Renowned Author of Thank Heaven Fasting, Faster! Faster! & The Way Things Are (Annotated)E. M. Delafield6h 24m$2 · $0.00
The Provincial Lady Goes Further (Summarized Edition)E. M. Delafield2h 52m$2
The Diary of a Provincial Lady (Illustrated)E. M. Delafield6h 11m$2 · $0.00
People of the WhirlpoolMabel Osgood Wright8h 4m$2 · $0.00
The Diary of a Nobody (Summarized Edition)George Grossmith, Weedon Grossmith2h 1m$2
Prairie FolksHamlin Garland5h 41m$2.30 · $0.00
The Diary of a NobodyGeorge Grossmith, Weedon Grossmith5h 16m$1 · $0.00
They and IJerome K. Jerome7h 9m$2 · $0.00
The Provincial Lady: The Complete SeriesE. M. Delafield25h 54m$1 · $0.00
Original Short Stories — Volume 9Guy de Maupassant5h 30m$2.30
Out Of The Hurly-Burly, Or Life In An Odd CornerCharles Heber Clark9h 47m$2.30
The Diary of a Provincial Lady (Illustrated)E. M. Delafield5h 30m$2 · $0.00
Scenes of Clerical LifeGeorge Eliot15h 40m$2.30