E. F. Benson
(1867 - 1940)
Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. His friends called him Fred.
Bibliography
The 1929 Christmas Tree Annual (1929)
An anthology for the holidays published in aid of the Children’s Country Holiday Fund.
Algernon Blackwood
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Mabel Lucie Attwell
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All About Lucia (1936)
An anthology containing “Queen Lucia”, Lucia in London, Miss Mapp and Mapp and Lucia.
A Century of Humour (1935)
A collection of humorous pieces from the last (nineteenth) and early twentieth centuries.
Read online at archive.org.
E. F. Benson
G. K. Chesterton
Charles Dickens
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Stephen Leacock
E. V. Lucas
A. A. Milne
William Makepeace Thackeray
Oscar Wilde
P. G. Wodehouse
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Lucia in London: a Novel (1928)
Lucia decides to try her wings in a larger society.
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Mapp and Lucia (1931)
Fresh from her triumph at the Riseholme fete, Lucia takes a holiday in Tilling and a clash of titans ensues as Miss Mapp struggles to retain her position of social leader.
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Miss Mapp (1923)
Miss Elizabeth Mapp leads the social life of Tilling from her fine old family home of Mallards. Read online at Hathitrust.
“Queen Lucia” (1920)
Mrs. Emmeline “Lucia” Lucas is the social leader of Riseholme, a quaint Tudor village. Read online at Hathitrust.
The Queen’s Gift Book (1915)
An anthology sold as a fundraiser for World War I hospitals. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
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John Buchan
Joseph Conrad
Jeffery Farnol
Ernest Thompson Seton
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Gordon Browne
Arthur Rackham
Charles Robinson
W. Heath Robinson
Ernest H. Shepard
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Trouble for Lucia (1939)
Lucia’s duties as Mayor of Tilling do not interfere with her round of social scheming.
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The Worshipful Lucia (1935)
Lucia decides to devote herself to public service, much to the entertainment of her friends and enemies.
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