E.M. Delafield (1890–1943)
Author of Diary of a Provincial Lady
About the Author
Disambiguation Notice:
Please note the following distinctions, and try to keep the single-story separate from the omnibus editions which contain several "Provincial Lady" stories.
Single Story:
The Diary of a Provincial Lady (Virago, 1844085228)
Diary of a Provincial Lady (Prion, 1853753688)
The Diary of a Provincial Lady (Remploy, 0706610342)
Diary of a Provincial Lady (Chicago, 0897330536)
Omnibus Edition (contains 4 stories):
The Diary of a Provincial Lady (Virago, 0860685225)
The Provincial Lady (Macmillan, pre-ISBN)
Series
Works by E.M. Delafield
The Diary of a Provincial Lady: A BBC Radio 4 Full-cast Dramatisation. Starring Imelda Staunton & Richard Hope (BBC… (2000) 4 copies
The Provincial Lady at home and abroad. Containing Diary of a Provincial Lady, The Provincial Lady goes further, The… (1935) 3 copies
The Collected Works of E. M. Delafield (Illustrated): The Provincial Lady Series, Zella Sees Herself, The War-Workers,… (2015) 3 copies
Love has no Resurrection, and Other Stories — Author — 3 copies
Collected Works of E. M. Delafield: The Complete Provincial Lady Series, 15 Novels, Short Story Collections & Plays… (2015) 3 copies
Collected Novels of E. M. Delafield (6 Unabridged Editions in One Volume): Zella Sees Herself, The War Workers,… (2015) 2 copies
Sophy Mason Comes Back 2 copies
A reversion to type 2 copies
The Waiting Lady [short story] — Author — 1 copy
Incidental [short story] — Author — 1 copy
The Luggage in the Hall: An Un-moral Story [short story] — Author — 1 copy
And Never the Twain Shall Meet [short story] — Author — 1 copy
The Tortoise [short story] — Author — 1 copy
Reflex Action [short story] — Author — 1 copy
Holiday Group [short story] — Author — 1 copy
Reparation [short story] — Author — 1 copy
Terminus [short story] — Author — 1 copy
The Threshold of Eternity [short work] — Author — 1 copy
O Tempora! O Mores! [short story] — Author — 1 copy
They Don't Wear Labels [short work] — Author — 1 copy
The Girl Who Told the Truth [short story] — Author — 1 copy
Gwen [short story] 1 copy
Hukutav naine 1 copy
Love Has No Resurrection [short story] — Author — 1 copy
O.K. for Story [short work] — Author — 1 copy
It's All Too Difficult [short story] — Author — 1 copy
Bluff [short work] 1 copy
Victims [short work] 1 copy
The Provincial Lady: The Diary of a Provincial Lady & The Provincial Lady Goes Further, abridged (1951) 1 copy
The Other Poor Chap [short work] — Author — 1 copy
The Reason [short work] — Author — 1 copy
The Indispensable Woman [short work] — Author — 1 copy
Opportunity [short work] — Author — 1 copy
The Philistine [short story] — Author — 1 copy
My Son Had Nothing on His Mind [short work] — Author — 1 copy
Associated Works
The Assassin's Cloak: An Anthology of the World's Greatest Diarists (2000) — Contributor, some editions — 544 copies
Charlotte Mary Yonge: The Story of an Uneventful Life (1943) — Introduction, some editions — 10 copies
Missing From Their Homes — Contributor — 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Dashwood, Edmee Elizabeth Monica
- Other names
- de la Pasture, Edmee Elizabeth Monica (birth name)
- Birthdate
- 1890-06-09
- Date of death
- 1943-12-02
- Burial location
- Kentisbeare churchyard, Devon, England, UK
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Steyning, Sussex, England, UK
- Place of death
- England, UK
- Places of residence
- Kentisbeare, Devon, England, UK
Malay States
Llandogo, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK - Occupations
- novelist
short story writer
book reviewer - Relationships
- de la Pasture, Elizabeth Lydia Rosabelle (mother)
Dashwood, R. M. (daughter)
Clifford, Hugh (stepfather) - Organizations
- Voluntary Aid Detachment
Time and Tide
Women's Institute - Short biography
- E.M. Delafield was the pen name of Edmee Elizabeth Monica Dashwood, née de la Pasture, born in Steyning, Sussex, England, the daughter of well-known novelist Elizabeth Bonham and her husband Count Henry Philip Ducarel de la Pasture. Delafield was educated by French governesses and attended several boarding schools, followed by nine months as a postulant nun in a convent in Belgium. She worked with the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) during World War I, and these experiences formed the basis of her first novel, Zella Sees Herself, published in 1917. She continued to publish one or two novels every year until her death. She is best known for the bestselling series The Diary of a Provincial Lady and its sequels. She also was an important contributor of book reviews, sketches, and short stories to Time and Tide magazine. In 1919, she married Colonel Arthur Paul Dashwood, an engineer, and they spent two years living in the Malay States before returning to live in an old house in Kentisbeare, Devonshire. The couple had two children, and Delafield served as president of the Kentisbeare Women's Institute for the the rest of her life. Her daughter Rosamund Dashwood published Provincial Daughter, a continuation of Delafield's popular series of books, in 1961.
- Disambiguation notice
- Please note the following distinctions, and try to keep the single-story separate from the omnibus editions which contain several "Provincial Lady" stories.
Single Story:
The Diary of a Provincial Lady (Virago, 1844085228)
Diary of a Provincial Lady (Prion, 1853753688)
The Diary of a Provincial Lady (Remploy, 0706610342)
Diary of a Provincial Lady (Chicago, 0897330536)
Omnibus Edition (contains 4 stories):
The Diary of a Provincial Lady (Virago, 0860685225)
The Provincial Lady (Macmillan, pre-ISBN)
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Statistics
- Works
- 97
- Also by
- 14
- Members
- 3,538
- Popularity
- #7,175
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 114
- ISBNs
- 162
- Languages
- 7
- Favorited
- 32
- Touchstones
- 396