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Lucia in London

By: E. F. Benson
Narrated by: Helen Lloyd
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E.F. Benson wrote "Lucia in London" in six weeks and it was published in 1927.

Emmeline Lucas, known to all as "Lucia", and her husband, Peppino, acquire a second home in fashionable Brompton Square in London from a deceased Aunt. When they move there for the season, Lucia's 'subjects' in Riseholme seethe with envy and outrage that she has deserted them for more illustrious circles, where her snobbism and blatant ambition reach new heights.

"Lucia in London" is British satire at its best and treats the listener (and indeed the audiobook performer) to an amusing cast of upper-class stereotypes, who behave badly but do no one any harm.

Helen Lloyd and Spoken Realms have also published "Queen Lucia", and "Miss Mapp" the previous two books in the Mapp and Lucia series.

Public Domain (P)2022 Helen Lloyd Classics Literature & Fiction Satire Comedy England Witty
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This is one of Benson’s Mapp and Lucia books satirizing British social life circa 1920. Filled with the schemes of Lucia and her rivals for gaining the upper hand in a provincial town and, in this book, London. If you like veiled insults delivered in the politest manner then these books are for you!
The performance is excellent— a narrator who understands the humor that arises from conflicts in which the stakes are so small.

EF Benson’s social satire still funny!

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