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Diary of a Provincial Lady
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... and A Boy is good but keeps getting bumped by easier reads. It's not that it's hard, but it's not as relaxing as the Diary of a Provincial Lady omnibus that I've just finished. I'm not reading it fast enough to get into it either - might try harder this weekend because it's due back soon ...
I've also ordered many times from them on Ebay and the books are always in great condition. As a matter of fact Diary of a Provincial Lady by E. M. Delafield arrived yesterday. I'm glad I know about the website now. Thanks!
... if I just read and don't contribute much! I'm reading a lot of Captain Underpants, Berenstain Bears, and the 2nd volume of Diary of a Provincial Lady , exactly what I feel like.
Ooooh jnwelch, my copy of The Provincial Lady doesn't include The Provincial Lady in Russia! I've never heard of that one, so cool, I've have to look for it. My copy has: Diary of a Provincial Lady, The Provincial Lady Goes Further, The Provincial Lady in America and The Provincial Lady ...
Loved The Diary of a Provincial Lady . I worked one summer many years ago at its U.S. publisher, Academy Chicago. The publisher's owners, Anita and Jordan Miller, are wonderful people who, among other things, find gems like this to re-publish.
I also liked a second one, The Provincial Lady ...
Another one that's not letters but diary entries is The Provincial Lady by E. M. Delafield. Very funny, my copy has four stories in it, but I believe the first one is the popular, most common one The Diary of a Provincial Lady. I really do have to re-read it again soon.
I just finished the first book of A Diary of a Provincial Lady by E M Delafield and really enjoyed it - I'm saving the other 2 in the volume up! Thank Heaven Fasting looks great.
... if you want it badly enough whatever you pay is a bargain. Right now I am working on getting all of E.M. Delafield's Provincial Lady books and I think I have just about made it.
big hug,
belva
Finished The diary of a Provincial Lady and really, really enjoyed it. It reminded me a lot of Mrs Miniver. I'm saving the other 3 books in the omnibus for a rainy day.
I'm reading People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks for the 50 Book Challenge group read now, and don't want to put ...
I'm reading The Diary of a Provincial Lady by E. M. Delafield and I'm really enjoying it - very easy to read in small doses, and funny.
I've had Too Much Tuscan Sun with Dario Castagno and have moved back to somewhere in England with The Diary of a Provincial Lady by E. M. Delafield. Both very easy reads - just what I feel like right now!
Diary of a Provincial Lady by E. M. Delafield
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster
I find diaries/letters soothing for some reason. Must be that history training.
... Bane
Over the Frontier
A Note in Music
Invitation to the Waltz
A Favourite of the Gods
The Misses Mallett
Diary of a Provincial Lady
Diary of a Provincial Lady by E. M. Delafield
And may I please have the Diary of a Provincial Lady ?
Oh, thank you so much.
belva
... keep this just because it is NYRB but decided I have enough in my bookcases already.
Shabby reading non-Virago copy of Diary of a Provincial Lady
Cheap (and free if you search hard enough) are The Diary of Provincial Lady and the Provincial Lady goes further. And for free if you like early 1900s humor, E. F. Benson's complete set of the Lucia series here: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13602. This should take you to ...
The Diary of a Provincial Lady is my book for dipping into at any time. I have several copies spread around my house, car, handbag etc. If I need a book to read from the start and there's nothing I particularly fancy any Jane Austen will do. Again I have several copies of each novel and there's Pr ...
(Oh, Jacqueline, you'd LOVE Little Dorrit!)
From callmejacx's library I've chosen Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield. I have a copy but have never gotten to it.
Finished Thank Heaven Fasting this afternoon. It's the best E. M. Delafield novel I've read so far. Now it's back to the Virago box to see what, besides The Constant Sinner, I might like to read next.
... some unread Viragos with me. I've chosen Chatterton Square and The Reef and I never go away without E. M. Delafield's The Diary of a Provincial Lady . I've also got my ipod shuffle loaded with Cranford, read by Prunella Scales, two Harry Potters - the Stephen Fry versions - and a volume of ...
I fear I am the Provincial Lady though without the servants...
I predictably volunteer to offer information about Kate O'Brien, who I was surprised to learn recently was connected with E M Delafield , and Molly Keane, though the only connections I can think of to her off the top of my head are non-Virago and theatrical -- Coward and Gielgud. But maybe I ...
I think the first Virago I owned was The Diary of a Provincial Lady and I have re-read it so many times that I had to buy a second copy. I'd already bought the four separates (not Virago) but I had to have a Virago copy of the omnibus. Having read through this thread I've been reminded of many ...
Well, it's not a factual book and it is a little tongue-in-cheek, but you might find a lot of useful period detail in Diary of a Provincial Lady by E. M. Delafield - it (and its sequels) is/are very enjoyable!
From Jennieq's library I would really love to read Diary of A Provincial Lady by E.M. Deafield. Sounds like my cup of tea!
Well, dear Belva, I am glad I made you laugh but I wish I had not made you cry!
Of course you can have Diary of a Provincial Lady ! It is a delightful book, and I am sure you will enjoy it.
...
I am so very sorry about your mother. I hope all goes well and that she recovers quickly.
If no one has yet requested
Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield I would be glad to give her a kind and loving home.
My thoughts will be with you as you travel. Go with God.
As ever, ...
... Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
The other two books, not VMC but also published as such, are:
Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Who wants to adopt them?
... Lightning or anything Jeeves. I love all of the three you've mentioned, I haven't met very many people who've read Diary of a Provincial Lady , there is a sequel to that: The Provincial Lady in London. It's been years since I read them, but oh, they're a delight aren't they?
... My family and other animals and Three men in a boat by Jerome k. Jerome and currently reading Delafield's Diary of provincial lady but any suggestions would be appreciated.
... urania back to hypothesizing, which given the current severity of her EOS is unadvisable. For those of you who have read Diary of a Provincial Lady , E. M. Delafield dishes out more of the same, with the addition of Pamela Pringle, resident nymphomaniac and melodrama diva. To be truthful, no ...
... urania back to hypothesizing, which given the current severity of her EOS is unadvisable. For those of you who have read Diary of a Provincial Lady , E. M. Delafield dishes out more of the same, with the addition of Pamela Pringle, resident nymphomaniac and melodrama diva. To be truthful, no ...
... have been either...The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim, Aurora Floyd by Mary Elizabeth Braddon or...possible The Diary of a Provincial Lady by EM Delafield. Or if might not have been any of those....:)
actually I think it might have been Precious Bane by Mary Webb!
... I thought I'd exhausted their stock of VMCs, but found Thank Heaven Fasting which I'd never come across before. I loved The Diary of a Provincial Lady so am looking forward to this, although it has gone to the bottom of an extremely large TBR pile.
I devoured Our Spoons Came From Woolworths last night and absolutely loved it. The dry, deadpan humour reminded me of The Diary of a Provincial Lady , but it's all a bit more surreal and really harrowing in places. Just wonderful.
I finished Diary of a Provincial Lady last week. Liked it, smiled all the way through, but was not chomping at the bit to get back to it.
I am now reading Death Comes for the Archbishop in a non-Virago edition. It's beautiful.
Am also still listening to South Riding on the BBC and ...
... A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Never could get into it.
I'd replace Bridget Jones's Diary with its prototype, Diary of a Provincial Lady .
Others worth considering are Diary of a Nobody, The Towers of Trebizond, The Good Soldier Svejk, Decline and Fall and something by ...
... of Devon, apparently based on the actual experiences of the author. It was wonderfully funny and reminded me very much of The Diary of a Provincial Lady , which I read last year, and which apparently has a sequel set during WWII that I would imagine is a lot like Henrietta's War. I'm going ...
... of Devon, apparently based on the actual experiences of the author. It was wonderfully funny and reminded me very much of Diary of a Provincial Lady , which I read last year, and which apparently has a sequel set during WWII that I would imagine is a lot like Henrietta's War. I'm going to ...
Wow, my very first Virago hardcover, Diary of a Provincial Lady , which I've wanted forever. Dear Charlotte (charbutton), thank you so much for the lovely gift. The waiting was well worth it!
... Lisa :)
As for a recommendation, I don't think you can go wrong with any Virago but I'd suggest reading their omnibus of The Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield, which contains said diary and some sequels. It's a classic and I think everybody who reads and knows about Virago has read ...
I just edited my list (No. 65 above) again, thanks to Paola, who sent me a very nice copy of The Diary of a Provincial Lady .
... Spark
Regretfully culled
Miss Mole by E.H. Young
Jenny Wren by E.H. Young
The Curate's Wife by E.H. Young
The Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield
ETA: my name is in italics because they leaked from Fleur's post. Also, if this isn't a cheat post, I don't know what ...
... 4', the cover informs me), which I've had a quick peek at and sounds like just the kind of thing I like. My other book was Diary of a Provincial Lady , which was a genius pick on the part of my Santa- I've been meaning to read it for ages. Not only that, but it's a beautiful anniversary edition ...
... takes up with an aging art critic and learns to repent - at leisure.
The style was reminiscent of the one used in Diary of a Provincial Lady (the narrator writes down very stoically and really does nothing more than describe, it is this constant distance from the hilarious and tragic ...
... takes up with an aging art critic and learns to repent - at leisure.
The style was reminiscent of the one used in Diary of a Provincial Lady (the narrator writes down very stoically and really does nothing more than describe, it is this constant distance from the hilarious and tragic ...
... started Our Spoons Came from Woolworths which is a delight only Virago can offer - it's such a crazy book, reminiscent of Diary of a Provincial Lady , but I think I like Spoons better, the characters are more layered.
... to read a number of other books on the list. I've wanted to read A High Wind in Jamaica since I first heard of it in Diary of a Provincial Lady as one of the books the narrator reads.
It's interesting that there are two novels on the list, Plum Bun and Passing, about light-skinned ...
I've just finished Provincial Daughter by R.M. Dashwood. It was hilarious as expected and just as good as The Diary of a Provincial Lady . However, I can't help but think it felt a bit forced now and then : the whole process of writing a book imitating another one so closely doesn't really ...
I've just finished Provincial Daughter by R.M. Dashwood. It was hilarious as expected and just as good as The Diary of a Provincial Lady . However, I can't help but think it felt a bit forced now and then : the whole process of writing a book imitating another one so closely doesn't really ...
War with the Newts by Karel Capek
The Diary of a Provincial Lady by E. M. Delafield
The Horizontal Man by Helen Eustis
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Hours before Dawn by Celia Fremlin
... so is she. I find it surprising.
Starting Provincial Daughter by R.M. Dashwood, written by the daughter of the author of Diary of a Provincial Lady .
...
"The influence of cocktails on modern life cannot be exaggerated": women and alcohol in 1930s Britain.
The quote is from The Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield - it's one of my favourites!
51. The Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield
This Virago Modern Classics edition had The Diary, The Provincial Lady Goes Further, The Provincial Lady in America and the Provincial Lady in Wartime. For the most part I thoroughly enjoyed this book, although at one point in The Di ...
Welcome, kmlee! I'm still reading The Diary of a Provincial Lady and falling asleep after a few entries. At this rate, I'll see the new year in with it.
I am tucking in every night with The Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield and am enjoying it thoroughly, despite my occasional wince at the problems she professes to have with the servant "class".
... I am the delighted and proud owner of two books I've wanted for a long time: Frost in May by Antonia White AND The Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield. Thank you, kind friend, for the happy hours of pleasure to come.
My Brilliant Career is a brilliant book, one of my favourites.
I really really recommend their omnibus containing Diary of a Provincial Lady and its sequels. Just don't read it on the bus, it's too hilarious.
Dusty Answer is all kinds of wonderful, very sensible and beautifully evocative. T ...
... E. Arnot Robertson's Ordinary Families, with its wonderful teenage narrator. For a fan of Wodehouse, I recommend Diary of a Provincial Lady , which could have been written by the wife of the estate manager of one of Bertie's aunts.
My 43rd was The Diary of a Provincial Lady ( my review )
I received this book -- a Virago Modern Classics 30th anniversary edition -- from a very thoughtful LT member. And I absolutely loved the book! In my review, I wrote: "This book ...
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Mrs. Miniver
A Stricken Field Received from the very generous mrspenny. Thank you so.
Diary of a Provincial Lady
Thanks alcottacre!
31 july 2008 (book 51)
The Diary of a Provincial Lady
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From my review: This book is a delightful light read. The ...
I only own 17 virago editions, but I own 30+ books on the list and have read about thirty more. I'm currently enjoying Diary of a Provincial Lady , recently given to me by a wonderful Virago friend.
The 30th Anniversary Fairy also blessed me with a copy of Diary of a Provincial Lady , which I'm having so much fun reading right now. Well, not right now you understand, because I'm typing, but just as soon as I hit "Submit" ... !
I had a couple of wishes granted on Paperbackswap last ...
#101 - lindsad
Diary of a Provincial Lady is one of my favourite books of all time! I don't have the Virago edition, but inherited a Folio Society copy from my mother. I've since bought the whole series, and they're all wonderful. I'm a bit jealous of you reading it for the first time!
45. Diary of a Provincial Lady by E. M. Delafield.
Received the 30th anniversary edition of this Virago Modern Classic from a wonderful LT friend and had to devour it right away! Clever and fun!
I have just finished Diary of a Provincial Lady and you are in for a treat, lindsacl!
... A View of the Harbour this morning, and liked it quite a lot. Tonight I will start another Virago Modern Classic, Diary of a Provincial Lady . I've been looking forward to reading this one for quite a while!
I finished Elizabeth Taylor's A View of the Harbour this morning, and tonight will start another Virago Modern Classic, Diary of a Provincial Lady .
Over half way through 30th anniversary edition of Diary of a Provincial Lady sent by a lovely Virago friend! Thank you, I love it!!!
... German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim
And also I was a bit naughty and ordered two new 30th anniversary editions...
The Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield
A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark
plus A Frost in May by Antonia White Thanks fabrile-heart!
... Toyshop by Angela Carter
Thank Heaven Fasting by E.M. Delafield
A Compass Error by Sybille Bedford
The Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield
A Far Cry From Kensington by Muriel Spark
84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
The Iliad by Homer
...
43) Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield--If Bridget Jones had been married, the mother of two young children, and living in a 1930s English village, Bridget Jones' Diary would have been exactly like this book. It even beats Three Men in a Boat for being the funniest book I've read ...
43) Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield--If Bridget Jones had been married, the mother of two young children, and living in a 1930s English village, Bridget Jones' Diary would have been exactly like this book. It even beats Three Men in a Boat for being the funniest book I've read ...
You've definitely got me interested in Diary of a Provincial Lady and Cooking with Fernet Branca has been on my list for some time. There's just too much to read. But both of these sound like treats.
... figured I should add it here. Academy Chicago Publishers has some titles that might be of interest to some here. My copy of Diary of a Provincial Lady and One Pair of Hands are their imprint.
The Diary of a Provincial Lady by E M Delafield is my latest find. Very interesting - apparently my volume has Diary of A Provincial Lady (please note no *THE*) and its three wonderful sequels The Provincial Lady Goes Further (1932), The Provincial Lady in America (19340 and The Provin ...
I will now have to read A High Wind in Jamaica after reading this, in Diary of a Provincial Lady :
"(Mem. : Would it not be possible to write more domesticated and less foreign version of High Wind in Jamaica , featuring extraordinary callousness of infancy?) Can distinctly ...
... with a love of gardens and stolen solitude.
Devoted Ladies is funny but it has a bit of a satiric bite to it.
Diary of a Provincial Lady is hilarious but not as wistful.
Oh and I don't know if Virago ever published it but Cold Comfort Farm has a lovely young heroine and good ...
... a lot of great works by women. I don't know if they published Thirkell but they published some great comedic works like Diary of a Provincial Lady and The Brontes Went to Woolworths you might find some of Thirkell's writer siblings there.
... Jane Austen, Dickens, George Elliot and Thomas Hardy
8. Pre-WWII fiction will include E M Delafield - Diary of a Provincial Lady which I read the other week, Nancy Mitford, Evelyn Waugh and Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Here in Minnesota it's, unfortunately, 85°F (29°C) and humid, so the winner is: Diary of a Provincial Lady and a gin and tonic on the shady porch.
I thought The Hitchikers Guide was hilarious. Other favourites are:
Three Men in a Boat
Diary of a Nobody
Diary of a Provincial Lady
Mapp and Lucia
and anything by Muriel Spark
... before it nearly always becomes my mission to get hold of everything else they have written.
Most recently I bought The Diary of a Provincial Lady in the Virago Modern Classic 30th Birthday Edition with the Cath Kidston cover. From that I found the Virago group on here, got obsessed ...
Welcome queen ypolita!
englishrose, I just read Diary of a Provincial Lady this year and it was very funny. There were several times on the train that I was getting strange looks for chuckling.
... I read this book several years ago. The characters stayed with me so much that I needed to revisit them.
Also reading The Diary of a Provincial Lady . Just lovely!!
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Bought 08/05/08 Waterstones, Doncaster
This was my first Virago purchase that I deliberately bought because it was a Virago book. It is very beautiful, the 30th Birthday edition to celebrate Virago Modern Classics, and it has the Cath Kidst ...
A lot of my picks have already been mentioned.
Cold Comfort Farm, Diary of a Nobody, Diary of a Provincial Lady and My Family and Other Animals are all favourites.
But I don't think I have seen Three Men In A Boat mentioned yet and I love that one.
Also for children's books taht ...
christiguc having just read Diary of a Provincial Lady I would love Provincial Daughter
Oh and I recommend Crewe Train I believe it was the fourth Virago I read and it really stuck with me.
katy I am not too far into The Diary of a Provincial Lady yet but already I love it too.
Those poor Woolworths bulbs and the not being able to buy the evening shoes because of the letter from the bank. Having a dog who likes to dig things up and a shopping weakness of my own I know just how ...
That sounds like an excellent first purchase Jody!
edited to add- I recently finsished The Diary of a Provincial Lady (In a non-virago edition) and it had me chuckling aloud on the train.
Oh Jody, I love The Diary of a Provincial Lady !! It is a wonderful book. Actually I was going to mention it in clam's silly books thread, but it's not really silly, just funny and delightful. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have. I think I've read it at least 3 times and I know I'll ...
#10 Emasl - I just bought my first VMC today and it is Diary of a Provincial Lady with the 30th Birthday Cath Kidston cover.
I'm really pleased with it and am about to get settled down to start reading it right now.
I have just today bought my very first VMC.
It is a release of The Diary of a Provincial Lady by EM Delafield and the display stand at the bookstore informs me it is one of eight special editions released to celebrate the 30th Birthday of VMC books.
It has an introduction by Jilly Cooper ...
... 6 Virago Modern Classics released for the 30th Birthday of the first release and bought the most beautiful one.
It is The Diary of a Provincial Lady by EM Delafield and it promises to be a lot more fun than it might sound. Sort of like a 1930's forerunner for Bridget Jones. The cover ...
I finished The Diary of a Provincial Lady hilarious. I started The House in Paris on the train and of course there is still Dracula which since there are others reading it I'll have to finish so we can chat about it.
There are several other things stacked next to my bed that I started but ...
Oh there are so many good ones mentioned already. Wodehouse and Durrell and Cold Comfort Farm. I just finished The Diary of a Provincial Lady which others have mentioned and it is delightful and funny.
Dickens' Hard Times is very funny in that brutal Dickensian way.
Just began Diary of a Provincial Lady on the way home from the post office. Thankfully, I wasn't driving!
Thank you for the review Soupdragon. I was home with a cold on top of allergies yesterday so I tore through The Diary of a Provincial Lady . Everything the reviewer said was true. It was delightful.
... a handful of people who've read it and it is so difficult to describe if you haven't read it.
Oh right now I am reading The Diary of a Provincial Lady and I have started Dracula but I was curious about the origins of the vampire story and I hadn't read stoker before.I am still just in Harke ...
Ah so this is where The Diary of a Provincial Lady was imprinted on my brain.
#63 Oh that is so funny. Today I picked up a non-Virago copy of Diary of a Provincial Lady I also found the Virago The Dark Tide byVera Brittain and the New York Review of Books republication of The Go-Between.
I have noticed some of the ebay auctions and I would much rather that someone ...
... a little errand for christiguc, I treated myself to a copy of Kate O'Brien's Mary Lavelle and a non-Virago edition of Diary of a Provincial Lady , both of which have been discussed in this group recently.
I'm nearly at the end of The Diary of a Provincial Lady by E M Delafield. I read the introduction first and was worried I wouldn't enjoy it when Nicola Beauman wrote that the humour gets quite repetitive.
I disagree! Yes, the jokes don't really change through each of the four instalments, ...
... of a Nobody and almost anything by Evelyn Waugh, starting with Decline and Fall. Recently read E.M. Delafield's Diary of a Provincial Lady - recommended.
I've just received my copy of Diary of a Provincial Lady from The Book Depository : I didn't expect such a big book ( so much the better ! ). It's actually the book plus three of its sequels, i.e. The Provincial Lady Goes Further, The Provincial Lady in America and and The Provincial Lady ...
Yes, I think I've read all of the Diary of a Provincial Lady books. There is one set during WWII, also, called The Provincial Lady in Wartime. It has been years since I read them, but I recall them as being amusing and entertaining. Worth reading.
There are a few other books you might ...
... holding a book that old is a treat and I am enjoying the wonderful descriptions of the countryside.
Has anyone read Diary of a Provincial Lady ?
I really liked London Bridges by Jane Stevenson and that is actually what lead me to Simon Raven. the Provincial Lady books by E.M. Delafield are some favorites.
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