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The Collected Works of E. M. Delafield (Illustrated)
Table of Contents
The Diary of a Provincial Lady (1930)
The Provincial Lady Goes Further (1932)
The Provincial Lady in America (1934)
The Provincial Lady in Russia (I Visit The Soviets) (1937)
The Provincial Lady in Moscow
They Also Serve: The Provincial Lady in Leningrad
To Speak My Mind About Russia: The Provincial Lady in Odessa
The Provincial Lady in Wartime (1940)
Dedication
Zella Sees Herself (1915)
PROLOGUE
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VIII
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XVIII
XIX
XX
XXI
XXII
XXIII
XXIV
XXV
XXVI
XXVII
XXVIII
XXIX
The War Workers (1918)
Author's Foreword
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VIII
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XVI
XVII
XVIII
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Consequences (1919)
Book I
I The Game of Consequences
II School
III Queenie Torrance
IV Holidays
V Other People
VI The End of an Era
VII London Season
VIII Goldstein and Queenie
IX Scotland
X Noel
XI Engagement of Marriage
XII Christmas Pantomime
XIII Decision
XIV Barbara
XV Diamond Jubilee
XVI Mother Gertrude
XVII Lawn-Tennis
XVIII Crisis
Book II
XIX Belgium
XX Aftermath
XXI Father Farrell
XXII Rome
XXIII N.W.
XXIV All of Them
XXV Violet
XXVI August
XXVII The Embezzlement
XXVIII Cedric
XXIX Forgiveness
XXX Epitaph
Tension (1920)
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The Heel of Achilles (1921)
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VIII
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XXIV
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XXVI
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XXVIII
XXIX
XXX
Humbug: A Study in Education (1922)
Author’s Foreword
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VII
VIII
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XI
XIX
Messalina of the Suburbs (1924)
Part I
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V
VI
VII
VIII
PART II
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V
VI
VII
Gay Life (1933)
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
General Impressions (1933)
GENERAL IMPRESSIONS
GENERAL IMPRESSION OF A COUNTRY-TOWN HOUSE-AGENT'S OFFICE
GENERAL IMPRESSION OF A HOUSE REMOVAL
GENERAL IMPRESSION OF THE ZOO
GENERAL IMPRESSION OF A TENNIS PARTY
GENERAL IMPRESSION OF A LADIES' COMMITTEE MEETING
GENERAL IMPRESSION OF A COUNTRY AUCTION-SALE
GENERAL IMPRESSION OF A BANK
GENERAL IMPRESSION OF THE JANUARY SALES
GENERAL IMPRESSION OF A DENTIST'S WAITING-ROOM
GENERAL IMPRESSION OF A SERVANTS' REGISTRY OFFICE
GENERAL IMPRESSION OF A WEST-END DRAPER'S
GENERAL IMPRESSION OF A HUNT BALL
GENERAL IMPRESSION OF A SECOND-HAND CLOTHES SHOP
GENERAL IMPRESSION OF A CHILDREN'S PARTY
GENERAL IMPRESSION OF A LADIES' CLUB
GENERAL IMPRESSION OF A CHRISTMAS SHOPPING CENTRE
MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN IN FICTION
MEN IN FICTION
PROFESSIONAL MEN
LOVERS
HUSBANDS
FATHERS
CRIMINALS
WOMEN IN FICTION
CHILDREN IN FICTION
HOME LIFE RELAYED
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STUDIES IN EVERYDAY LIFE
MOVEMENTS
LOOKING AT SCHOOLS
BEING PARENTS
MR. FAIRCHILD
THE NON-GARDENER'S GARDENING CALENDAR
LOOKING AT THE CLASSICS
THE SINCEREST FORM ...
THE SUPREMACY OF MR. PONDS
ARNOLD PROHACK
SUPER-SUPERLATIVE
STILL DUSTIER
PLATFORM SWEEPERS
WOMEN AND CHILDREN LAST
(NOT) FOR FRIGHTENED PEOPLE
PORTRAIT OF A DARK CIRCUS
FLAMBOYANT
HEBRAIC
WHITE WICKEDNESS; OR, ON THE WAUGH-PATH
THE GREATER BRITAIN, BY A GREATER BRITON
WHEN I'M ALLOWED TO BE . . .
MOTHER THERESA MAKES HER MEDITATION
Late and Soon (1943)
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The Bond of Union (1924)
Lost in Transmission (1924)
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III
Time Work Wonders (1924)
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II
The Hotel Child (1924)
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III
The Gallant Little Lady (1924)
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II
III
Impasse (1924)
The Appeal (1924)
The Philistine: A Story (1926)
The First Stone (1924)
To See Ourselves. A Domestic Comedy in Three Acts (1931)
CHARACTERS
SCENES
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
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