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The Provincial Lady, Book 1

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The Diary of a Provincial Lady

Yazan: E. M. Delafield
Seslendiren: Georgina Sutton
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'Lady B. stays to tea. (Mem.: Bread-and-butter too thick. Speak to Ethel.) We talk some more about bulbs, the Dutch School of Painting, our Vicar's wife, sciatica, and All Quiet on the Western Front. (Query: is it possible to cultivate the art of conversation when living in the country all the year round?)'

If the question suggests a qualified answer, there is no doubt that the art of diary writing is alive and well and very, very funny in Devonshire in the 1920s. At least in the hands of E. M. Delafield. Though poles apart in many ways, Bridget Jones's Diary could not have existed without her sometimes arch, often lofty, but deeply English upper middle class forbear.

Diary of a Provincial Lady is a classic of its time, revealing the thoughts and concerns of a Lady embedded in family life and the mores of comfortable country life. She has a husband 'raised to the peerage', two children and servants; she is burdened by the superior Lady Boxe, the tiresome vicar's wife and the constant temptation to live beyond her monthly household allowance. But she soldiers on, recording her days with acute observation, wit, self-deprecation and colour.

A balance to the Bloomsbury intensity of the day, this is a classic that has never been out of print and now comes to life in this pitch-perfect reading by Georgina Sutton.(P)2016 Ukemi Productions Ltd Classics Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Evlilik Komik Esprili İyi Hissettiren
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Witty and charming account of day to day observations.
Preferred the reader on the Radio 4 series myself as this one sounded like they were suffering with a cold as sounded very nasal!
Anyhow, entertaining read.

Charming!

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Delightful, pithy, gentle, warm, funny, charming...a real tonic, excellently performed. A real tonic !

Delightful!

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Amusing, trifling darling!. Well read dairy of the trivia that fills the life of the provincial lady.

the Diary of a Provincial Lady

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This book is one of my 'comfort reads' - the sort of book you go back to when you are unwell, perhaps, or anxious. So it was great to find it here - and it wasn't ruined by the narration!

There isn't really a story, it is just the fictional 'diary' of an upper-middle class woman, in Devon. She is the author, really, as it does reflect elements of Delafield's life. She wrote several novels, lots of short stories and three volumes of the 'Provincial Lady' - this one, plus 2 follow-ups, taking in WW2 and her time spent in the USA, all reflective of the real life of the author.

This is observational humour, witty, easy-going and very light. Well read too - it wasn't the voice I imagined the PL to have but it grew on me.

A Favourite

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I have loved this book since I discovered it. At last a worthy audio version. It is still universally funny, even in our egalitarian world.

A brilliantly performed version

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