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Always in print since 1930, this novel details a year in the life of a lady who lunches and is now and then amongst ladies who lunch better. It's different than the usual English novel about class because it's set in the English countryside rather than London, and in a upper class house instead of a manor. It's a glimpse into the past about tea things but also the calm with which parents intentionally drown kittens while the kids are away.

Have finally started making my way through the adventures of a Provincial Lady! This volume has the entire series in it and I've just started the second book.

This is the 2nd book from my spring Shakespeare & Co “Year of Reading” subscription. The cover explanation/review for why it was chosen is a very true representation of this book. Subscriptions generally do result in receiving books you never would have purchased and this is true for me here. Not to say I didn‘t enjoy it because I did. It was an interesting insight into Delafield‘s life with frequent hilarious asides/observations. 3.5/5

I spent my morning curled up with this book chuckling and listing all the reasons I am so glad I am not a provincial lady. Definitely need to track down the others books in this series.

Day 19 of #20Series20Days.

I love E.M. Delafield and especially her Provincial Lady books, a fictionalized series of diaries written by a Devon housewife in the 1930s and 1940s.

Here are a few of my vintage editions (and the first in the series is tagged). 😊

#Top20Series

There's a 1930club reading challenge going on among some book blogs. Point is to read a book published in 1930. It's inspired me to finally read this classic that @erzascarletbookgasm sent me a while ago.

I am an "upgrader" (paperback to hardback, later editions to first edition, etc.) when it comes to books and don't keep multiple copies of one title. I had to keep the paperback on the right because it contains the three other books in this series. ?#SameBookDifferentCover #AprilBookShowers