Emmeline Lucas, conocida como Lucía, es la más inolvidable, esnob y chismosa de las heroínas de la literatura inglesa del XX. Desde que alcanza la memoria, Lucía gobierna el villorrio de Riseholme con mano de hierro y guante...
La señorita Mapp a la que ya conocimos en la soberbia «Mapp y Lucía» es una de las más excéntricas damas villanas de la comedia British. Reina y señora del pueblecito costero de Tilling, a cuyos habitantes...
Junto con M.R. James, E.F. Benson (1867-1940) fue uno de los maestros victorianos de la «ghost story», un territorio del terror cuya exploración inició el gran escritor irlandés Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. Benson y James pert...
Emmeline Lucas, conocida universalmente por sus amigos como Lucía, reina de Riseholme, es una archiesnob del más alto nivel. Cuando en sus vacaciones alquila una casita junto al mar, cree que ya nadie podrá hacerle sombra, hasta que...
E(dward) F(rederick) Benson (1867- 1940), membre d'una singular família literària tant en el vessant inspirador com creatiu, va ser un escriptor d'èxit a la seva època, gràcies a les seves novel·les humorís...
"The Freaks of Mayfair" by E. F. Benson is a delightful satirical portrayal of Londons upper-class society in the prestigious district of Mayfair. Through witty humor and keen observation, Benson masterfully captures the glamorous yet absurd...
"Limitations" by E. F. Benson is a notion-frightening and private photo that looks at how hard itâs miles for human beings to get together with every other while society puts limits on them. Benson book, which got here out in...
E.F. Benson, in full Edward Frederic Benson, (born July 24, 1867, Wellington College, Berkshire, Eng.-died Feb. 29, 1940, London), writer of fiction, reminiscences, and biographies, of which the best remembered are his arch, satirical novels and his urban...
"Queen Lucia and Miss Mapp" collects together the first two novels of the "Mapp and Lucia" series by E. F. Benson, English novelist, short story writer, biographer, and archaeologist. In "Queen Lucia", first published in 1920,...
The House with the Brick-Kiln By E. F. Benson Benson was also known as a writer of atmospheric, oblique, and at times humorous or satirical ghost stories, which were often first published in story magazines such as Pearson's Magazine or Hutchinson's...
Jerome K. Jerome's reputation as a humorist, renowned for his comic novel Three Men in a Boat, has thrown into undeserved obscurity his fine efforts in the ghost story genre.
E. F. Bensonâs beloved Mapp and Lucia novels are sparkling, classic comedies of manners set against the petty snobberies and competitive maneuverings of English village society in the 1920s and 1930s.
Lucia is the most popular and well read character written by E. F. Benson, there are six books in total, this volume contains the fifth and sixth instalments of this wonderfully satirical look at the petty squabbling and brinkmanship in the social circles...
The terrifying story of a young man who has recurring nightmares. A classic story of fear from the master of Edwardian Literature. This classic short story, originally published in 1912, is being republished here together with a new introductory biography...
One of the rare mysteries from the pen of E. F. Benson, set in a bustling solicitorâs office in Edwardian England, we meet the clients and lawyers that gossip, slander and backstab to get ahead. This classic novel, originally published...
E. F. Benson was the perfect man to write about Edwardian high society, intelligent, handsome and well connected, here is a classic example of him bringing his wit and keen eye to skewer the characters and situations that seemed important to the privilege...