Mapp and Lucia (Make Way for Lucia, Part 4): Book Guide, Author and Facts

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

Quick facts about Mapp and Lucia (Make Way for Lucia, Part 4)

• Title: Mapp and Lucia (Make Way for Lucia, Part 4)
• Author: E. F. Benson
• First published: 1931
• Genre: fiction, humorous, general, lucia (fictitious character), fiction, mapp, miss (fictitious character), fiction
• OpenLibrary ID: OL647060W

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