Classic comedy

The Provincial Lady Series

by E. M. Delafield

This collection follows an unnamed Provincial Lady from her Devon household into literary London, foreign travel, and the disruptions of wartime. Her diary entries turn bank balances, servants, children, social obligations, publishing, and awkward encounters into dry comedy. Even when the setting changes, her habit of recording private exasperation beside dutiful public politeness remains wonderfully consistent. Witty and highly readable, the omnibus suits readers who enjoy domestic satire, interwar life, self-deprecating narrators, and ordinary difficulties transformed into impeccable comic timing.