Opis: The Complete Mapp & Lucia - Edward Frederic Benson

These three wonderful comic novels drolly record the battle between Lucia and Elisabeth Mapp for social and cultural supremacy in the village of Tilling (based on Rye). Their constant skirmishes ensure that every game of bridge, tea or dinner-party, church service, council meeting or art?exhibition are thrilling encounters that ensure Tilling is always on ?a very agreeable rack of suspense?. Both Elisabeth and Lucia are gross hypocrites, snobs and bullies, the huge differences in temperament and style ensure the battle is usually unequal. Elisabeth is incurably mean-spirited and Lucia suffers from splendid delusions of grandeur and personal prestige. Driven by demons of revenge, Elisabeth always acts impulsively, and therefore every revelation of her meanness allows Lucia, the consummate actress, to kill her ally with a sickening kindness.

Szczegóły: The Complete Mapp & Lucia - Edward Frederic Benson

Tytuł: The Complete Mapp & Lucia
Autor: Edward Frederic Benson
Wydawnictwo: Wordsworth
ISBN: 9781840226744
Języki: angielski
Rok wydania: 2011
Ilość stron: 667
Format: 12.5x19.5cm
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.42 kg

Recenzje: The Complete Mapp & Lucia - Edward Frederic Benson