Dodo

This is fun - I picked up a popular reprint (13th edition) for £1 when I was in the UK. E.F.Benson is the creator of the Mapp and Lucia series, but this is the book that made his name, and I'd never even seen a copy - just heard about it. It's very much "of its time" - a comedy of manners set in the late Victorian era. There are touches of Saki, and even at times of Oscar Wilde at his more serious, and there are flashes of wit, but on the whole, it's a very competently put together story and well-written of its type. Good characters, even if a little clichéd at times, and a lovely sting in the tail (last sentence) which you definitely should *not* read before finishing the book.