fm/thefeministbookshop E. Shop the entire Macmillan Collector's Library here. Interested in audiobooks too? Standard UK £2. Own the world’s greatest works of literature in one beautiful collectible library. The Provincial Lady of the title attempts to avoid disaster and prevent chaos from descending upon her household. But with a husband reluctant to do anything but doze behind The Times, mischievous children and trying servants, it's a challenge keeping up appearances on an inadequate income, particularly in front of the infuriating and haughty Lady Boxe. The good news is you can buy them on The Feminist Bookshop audiobooks page!
Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
diary of a provincial lady
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Aquila Chrysaetos
I really enjoyed the humorous depictions of human foibles. Macmillan's Collector's Library editions are such pretty little books. It is such a fitting format for this title. I'm sure many reader will have met at least one or two of the personality types so expertly depicted herein.
Was that a style then? Lady Boxe has no eyebrows! This one is especially so with the colorful artwork on the jacket.
This book feels a bit like a visit with the Provincial Lady where I've stayed long enough to get a feel for the tenor of the house. There is charming line art which definitely looks like it is original to the first edition. The setting of the Diary is late 1920s English countryside.
Her attempts to please everyone are accompanied by her inner thoughts which are often entertainingly in opposition.
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