Mapp and Lucia (Make Way for Lucia, Part 4)
About this book
Meet Mapp and Luciatwo of the most unpleasant, disgraceful women you're ever likely to encounter, in E.F. Benson's carefully observed tale of 1930s village life and social ranking Emmeline Lucas (known as Lucia to her friends) is emerging from mourning following the death of her husband. Pretentious, snobbish, and down-right devious, she feels her hometown of Riseholme offers no challenges and decides to vacation in the town of Tilling. She rents Mallards from Miss Mapp. The two women clash immediately. Miss Mapp is used to being top of the social ranking in Tilling, and there is no way she is going to let a vulgar outsider claim her position. So begins a battle of one-upmanship, peppered with queenly airs, ghastly tea parties, and unnerving bridge evenings as the two combatants attempt to out-do each other to win social supremacy. The pompous Lucia and malignant Mapp are characters you will love to hate, wonderfully penned by E.F. Benson. Darkly comic and witty, it is soon to be a new BBC series written by Steve Pemberton.
Reader Profile
4.2/5 · 3219 readers · 302 pages · ≈ 5 h 36 m · Challenging
How long does it take to read Mapp and Lucia (Make Way for Lucia, Part 4)?
About ≈ 5 h 36 m — 302 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Mapp and Lucia (Make Way for Lucia, Part 4)?
302 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is Mapp and Lucia (Make Way for Lucia, Part 4)?
It sits on the Classics, Fiction shelves.
Is Mapp and Lucia (Make Way for Lucia, Part 4) in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Where does Mapp and Lucia (Make Way for Lucia, Part 4) take place?
It is set in England during 20th century.
Who wrote Mapp and Lucia (Make Way for Lucia, Part 4)?
E. F. Benson.