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  The Diary of a Provincial Lady (Virago modern classics) (Paperback) By (author) E. M. Delafield, Introduction by Jilly Cooper

  

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  Short Description for The Diary of a Provincial Lady* A delightful and witty celebration of the suburban British housewife
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  • Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
  • Published: 15 November 1984
  • Format: Paperback 576 pages
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  • Categories: Biography: General | Memoirs | Contemporary Fiction
  • ISBN 13: 9780860685227 ISBN 10: 0860685225
  • Sales rank: 57,632

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• Behind this rather prim title lies the hilarious fictional diary of a disaster-prone lady of the 1930s, and her attempts to keep her somewhat ramshackle household from falling into chaos: there's her husband Robert, who, when he's not snoozing behind The Times, does everything with grumbling recluctance; her gleefully troublesome children; and a succession of tricky sevants who invariably seem to gain the upper hand. And if her domestic trials are not enough, she must keep up appearances. Particularly with the maddeningly patronising Lady Boxe, whom our Provincial Lady eternally (and unsuccessfully) tries to compete with.