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Miss Elizabeth Mapp might have been forty, and she had taken advantage of this opportunity by being just a year or two older. Her face was of high vivid colour and was corrugated by chronic rage and curiosity; but these vivifying emotions had preserved to her an astonishing activity... Read Full Overview

E. F. Benson's strikingly original comic creation Miss Mapp is an arch-schemer and social climber from the British town of Tilling who spends her days using opera glasses and a notebook to chart her neighbors' affairs. Among her interests are Major Benjamin Flint, whom she has... Read Full Overview

Edward Frederic Benson was an English archaeologist and writer. Benson's most famous works are the Mapp and Lucia series about Emmeline "Lucia" Lucas and Elizabeth Mapp.

Edward Frederic "E. F." Benson (24 July 1867 - 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist and short story writer. Early life: E. F. Benson was born at Wellington College in Berkshire, the fifth child of the headmaster, Edward White Benson... Read Full Overview

Miss Mapp, a small-minded, small-town heiress of "a certain age," leads an full life . . . of spying on (and attempting to best) her neighbors. A hilarious comic novel from the author of "Queen Lucia."

"This latest book is clever, as all that Benson] does is clever, light,... Read Full Overview

"Miss Mapp" from Edward Frederic Benson. English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist and short story writer (1867-1940).

The novels feature humorous incidents in the lives of (mainly) upper-middle-class British people in the 1920s and 1930s, vying for social prestige and one-upmanship in an atmosphere of extreme cultural snobbery. Several of them are set in the small seaside town of Tilling, closely... Read Full Overview

Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E. F. Benson. Benson's first book was Sketches from Marlborough (1888). He started his novel writing career with the (then) fashionably controversial... Read Full Overview

Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 - 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist and short story writer. Benson's first book published was Sketches From Marlborough. He started his novel writing career with the (then) fashionably controversial... Read Full Overview

Miss Elizabeth Mapp might have been forty, and she had taken advantage of this opportunity by being just a year or two older. Her face was of high vivid colour and was corrugated by chronic rage and curiosity; but these vivifying emotions had preserved to her an astonishing activity... Read Full Overview

"Miss Mapp" is a delightful and witty exploration of small-town society, where appearances can be deceiving, and everyone has a secret to protect. Benson's expertly drawn character, with her theatrical flair and relentless pursuit of social dominance, captures the readers'... Read Full Overview