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E. M. Delafield's largely autobiographical novel is written as the
journal of an upper-middle class lady living in a Devonshire village.
Full of the peculiarities of daily life, the Provincial Lady attempts to
avoid disaster and prevent chaos from descending upon her household,
including a husband reluctant to do anything but doze behind The Times,
mischievous children and trying servants, all the while keeping up
appearances to society-at-large, and most particularly to the
patronising Lady Boxe, with whom the Provincial Lady is eternally
competing.
As witty and delightful today as upon first publication in 1930, Diary
of a Provincial Lady is a brilliantly observed comic novel and an
acknowledged classic. Introduced by Christina Hardyment.