The Diary of a Provincial Lady
Author: E.M. Delafield
Librarian’s note: There is an Alternate Cover Edition for this edition of this book here.Behind this rather prim title lies the hilarious fictional diary of a disaster-prone lady of the 1930s, and her attempts to keep her somewhat ramshackle household from falling into chaos: there’s her husband Robert, who, when he’s not snoozing behind The Times, does everything with gru….Read More
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