Diary of a Provincial Lady
E.M. Delafield
Illus. by Arthur Watts

Category: Fiction
Format: Trade paperback, 388pp, 5 x 8, Illus.

ISBN:
0-89733-053-6
Price:
$16.95

About the Book

These highly acclaimed, delightful novels are written in diary form by the Provincial Lady, who lives in a country house with her husband, two children, the children's French governess, Cook and a few assorted helpers. The era of the 1930s is wittily and shrewdly recreated with amusing illustrations.

Reviews

"It is a small gem of social satire."––Nina King, Newsday

"Marvelously, Miss Delafield turns . . . mundane subjects into gentle satiric comedy."––New York Times Book Review

The Provincial Lady in America
E.M. Delafield
Illus. by Margaret Freeman/ With an Introduction by Anita Miller

Category: Fiction
Format: Trade paperback, 250pp, 5 x 8, Illus.

ISBN:
0-89733-539-2
Price:
$16.95

Avaliable June 2005

About the Book

The third in the delightful “Provincial Lady” series finds our pungently witty English lady travelling the United States on a literary tour. She visits New York, Cleveland, Chicago and the World’s Fair of 1932, Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, among other cities—confiding to her diary as she goes her shrewd and barbed thoughts and queries.

Reviews

"Her humor is much like . . . a good light comic ‘Masterpiece Theatre’ series."—Christian Science Monitor

"For those who have sniffed the literary scene and can identify the landmarks, it will have the added interest that gossip about one’s friends has."—New York Times Book Review

The Provincial Lady in London
E.M. Delafield
Illus. by Arthur Watts

Category: Fiction
Format: Trade paperback, 302pp, 5 x 8, 19 B&W Illus

ISBN:
0-89733-085-4
Price:
$16.95

About the Book

The P.L. takes a flat in London where she meets assorted literati and other types, goes to cabarets and casinos and writes about new and memorable characters.

Reviews

"A thoroughly delightful book."––Newsday

The Provincial Lady in Russia
E.M. Delafield
Illus. by Leo Manso

Category: Fiction
Format: Trade paperback, 344pp, 5 x 8, 8 B&W Illus

ISBN:
0-89733-156-7
Price:
$16.95

About the Book

The P.L. finds herself slogging through the mud of a collective farm, coping with Soviet trains and hotels and almost literally rubbing shoulders with robust citizens at a public beach.

Reviews

"Informing and brilliantly written, but also highly amusing."––New York Times

The Provincial Lady in Wartime
E.M. Delafield
Illus. by Leslie Gilbert Illingsworth

Category: Fiction
Format: Trade paperback, 349pp, 5 x 8, 26 Illus.

ISBN:
0-89733-210-5
Price:
$16.95

About the Book

World War II has begun and the P.L. must cope with gas masks, evacuated relatives and Canteen service.