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Lucia Rising

by E.F. Benson · 1927 · 720 pages

Part of The Mapp & Lucia Novels series

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Three of Benson's Lucia stories. "Queen Lucia" was published in 1920, "Miss Mapp" in 1922 and "Lucia in London" in 1927. They are much-loved novels of provincial snobbery and became a successful television series.

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Genre
humorhistorical fictionliterary fiction
Setting
20th centuryengland
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 720 pages

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