E m delafield biography sample
This early work is E. M. Delafield's semi-autobiographical novel, “I Visit the Soviets - The Provincial Lady in Russia”.
The Diary of a Provincial Lady by EM Delafield, with illustrations by Arthur Watts, first published!
E. M. Delafield
English author (–)
Edmée Elizabeth Monica Dashwood, née de la Pasture (9 June 2 December ), commonly known as E.
M. Delafield, was a prolific English author.
Classics is proud to have republished The Provincial Lady Series in this wonderful new collection, complete with a specially-commissioned author biography.She wrote novels, short stories, and plays, among other genres, but Delafield is best known for her largely autobiographical Diary of a Provincial Lady, which took the form of a journal of the life of an upper-middle class Englishwoman living mostly in a Devon village of the s.
In sequels, the Provincial Lady buys a flat in London, travels to America and attempts to find war-work during the Phoney War. Delafield's other works include an account of a visit to the Soviet Union, but this is not part of the Provincial Lady series, despite having been reprinted with the title The Provincial Lady in Russia.[1] Delafield is considered by many to have been a master of the comedy of manners.[2]
Life
Delafield was born in Steyning, Sussex.
She was the elder daughter of Count Henry