Elsie Palmer is a restless suburban girl with a sharp eye for the small cruelties and vanities of domestic life. Trapped in a shabby boarding house with her strict mother, sickly sister Geraldine, and the ever-watchful lodger Mr. Roberts, she longs for excitement, romance, and escape. When Roberts invites her to the cinema, Elsie slips out by way of an alibi, delighted by the secrecy and by the first stirrings of her power over men, even as she remains uncertain about sex, selfhood, and wh...

E. M. Delafield's Humbug is a sharp, ironic novel about the damage done when sentiment, duty, and "goodness" are used to excuse cruelty. The Stellenthorpe family seems warm and respectable, but beneath its polished surface Eleanor and Philip's well-meaning blindness creates a household of denial, favoritism, and emotional harm, especially for their daughters: brilliant, fiery Lily and frail, peace-loving Yvonne. Lily grows up ashamed of her own anger because she keeps trying to defend Vonn...

E. M. Delafield Premium Collection: 6 Novels in One Volume gathers a substantial cross-section of Delafield's fiction, revealing her gift for social comedy, psychological acuity, and quietly devastating satire. Moving through domestic interiors, provincial hierarchies, romantic disappointments, and the pressures placed upon women by family and class, these novels combine crisp realism with ironic understatement. Their style belongs to the interwar tradition of English manners fiction, yet ...

E. M. Delafield's "Collected Novels of E. M. Delafield" brings together six of her most significant works, offering an expansive look into the intricacies of early 20th-century British society. Delafield employs a keen observational style infused with wit and irony, utilizing rich characterizations and subtle social critique to explore themes of gender roles, class dynamics, and the mundanity of domestic life. Each novel, while distinct, shares a thematic coherence that reflects the author...

The Detective has been a mainstay of fiction writing ever since we can remember.Their deductive powers, their intuition and fleet-footed grasp of every detail can often turn the unlikeliest situation, or bunch of red herrings, into a breakthrough to capture even the most ingenious and dastardly of criminals.In this series our classic authors explore not only various themes, such as Occult Detectives, Female Detectives, Curious Crimes and a whole host more, but also bring a ...

The Collected Novels of E. M. Delafield compiles six notable works that exemplify the author's sharp wit and keen social observation. Delafield'Äôs literary style is characterized by her use of humor, irony, and an astute understanding of the complexities of women's lives in early 20th century Britain. The novels delve into themes of gender roles, societal expectations, and the pursuit of personal fulfillment, often set against the backdrop of provincial life. Her narrative voice is engagi...

This omnibus gathers six novels by E. M. Delafield, displaying the breadth of a writer too often remembered only for her comic masterpiece The Diary of a Provincial Lady. Across domestic interiors, institutional settings, courtships, marriages, and moral crises, Delafield anatomizes the pressures placed upon women by class, family, religion, and respectability. Her prose is lucid, ironic, and psychologically exact, belonging to the interwar tradition of social comedy while also retaining t...

The E. M. Delafield Collection showcases a rich tapestry of early 20th-century life through the lens of social commentary and character-driven narratives. Delafield's distinctive literary style is characterized by her wit and keen observations, seamlessly blending humor with poignant reflections on the roles of women in society. This anthology encapsulates her most notable works, including 'The Diary of a Provincial Lady', which serves as a satirical yet empathetic portrayal of domestic li...

E. M. Delafield's 'Premium Collection: 6 Novels in One Volume' presents an exquisite compilation of her most notable works, reflecting her keen observation of societal mores and the intricacies of female experience in the early 20th century. The collection showcases her signature wit and graceful prose, weaving a tapestry of character-driven narratives that delve into themes of identity, marriage, and the quest for independence. Each novel, originally published in a time of significant soc...

Edmée Elizabeth Monica Dashwood, née de la Pasture, and more commonly known as E M Delafield, was born in Steyning, Sussex on 9th June 1890.Raised in the fading years of the Victorian era with its Empire and strict moral codes Delafield, not yet married at twenty-one, joined a French religious order, in Belgium, but soon decided that this was a totally wrong choice for her.Her next challenge was her work during the horror of the First World War. Delafield decided to take up...

The Collected Novels of E. M. Delafield presents a meticulously curated anthology that encapsulates the nuances of early twentieth-century British society through the lens of her various protagonists. Renowned for her keen observational style and sharp wit, Delafield's prose navigates the complexities of gender roles, social expectations, and the subtleties of domestic life, often employing a rich array of characters to illuminate the contradictions of her time. The collection, marked by a...

The Diary of a Provincial Lady by E. M. Delafield. Original Illustrations Included. This edition includes: The Diary of a Provincial Lady The Provincial Lady Goes Further The Provincial Lady in Russia A great classic of the national literature, Diary of a Provincial Lady first appeared in weekly instalments in Time and Tide, the feminist weekly. Some might find a contradiction that a book is both national and feminist. But this is the central mission of books and one of the reasons Diary (...