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Queen Lucia is the 1920 novel by the famous English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist and short story writer, E. F. Benson. The story is the first novel of Benson's Lucia novels. The story is a satire of the high class society of the Edwardian London Era. Odin's... Read Full Overview

Queen Lucia by E.F. Benson is a classic tale by a greatly respected English author. A great addition to any collection and a fine exmple of Benson's work.Any profits made from the sale of this book will go towards supporting the Freeriver Community project, a wonderful project... Read Full Overview

Though the sun was hot on this July morning Mrs Lucas preferred to cover the half-mile that lay between the station and her house on her own brisk feet, and sent on her maid and her luggage in the fly that her husband had ordered to meet her. After those four hours in the train... 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.

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

Queen Lucia

England between the wars was a paradise of calm and leisure for the very, very rich. Into this enclave is born Mrs. Emmeline Lucas--La Lucia, as she is known--a woman determined to lead a life quite different from the subdued formality of her class.

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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

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Queen Lucia is a novel written by E. F. Benson and first published in 1920. Complete and unabridged.