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The Complete Mapp and Lucia, Volume 1

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The Complete Mapp and Lucia, Volume 1

By: E. F. Benson
Narrated by: Georgina Sutton
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Sharply observant and wickedly funny, E.F. Benson's six Mapp and Lucia novels satirize the upper-middle-class social climbers in 1920s and '30s rural England. Games of bridge and cups of tea fuel hilarious gossip and vindictive plots a-plenty. It is a masterfully sustained spotlight on the minutiae of village life - a clever and ultimately heart-warming series that seems tailor-made for audio. Volume 1 contains the first three books.

©1927 E.F. Benson (P)2021 Naxos Audiobooks
Classics Village Funny Witty Heartfelt
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Loved it, rollicking tales, engaging characters, excellent narrator. Mapp and Lucia are deliciously wicked and almost loveable!

If I could give it 6 out of 5, I would!

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This is my second listening of the novel, and Georgina Sutton reads it very well, with proper differentiation of characters' "voices".

My significant demur is that just as Jane Austen's novels should be read by a woman, EF Benson's should be read by a man.

Also Riseholme is pronounced Rizzum.

Benson fans will not be disappointed

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A contest of wills that is very funny. Though Miss Mapp is nastier, I think.

Very amusing

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