false <![CDATA[Miss Mapp]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181219754m/1127851.jpg 1127851 14 E. F. Benson's strikingly original comic creation Miss Mapp is an arch-schemer and social climber from the British town of Tilling who spends her days using opera glasses and a notebook to chart her neighbors' affairs. Among her interests are Major Benjamin Flint, whom she has been trying to marry for years, and the underhanded Miss Susan Poppit. 3170578 1922 Miss Mapp total:156|5:74|4:57|3:21|2:4|1:0| 156 669 203 20 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 20 13:55:33 -0800 2007 Mon Jan 14 09:35:35 -0800 2008
I wavered between awarding it four or five stars, because some aspects were truly outstanding and others were only sligh...more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1981 Wed Aug 01 09:56:22 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 09:58:15 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 20:04:25 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 20:10:46 -0700 2009 Along with the amusing descriptions of Machiavellian maneuvering in small town social circles are other sources of pleasure, one of which is that the characters' dialog (or the narr...more...]]> 4 0 false true Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 06:14:27 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 13:21:53 -0800 2009
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Queen Lucia (1920)
Miss Mapp (1922)
Lucia in London (1927)
Mapp and Lucia (1931)
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It is a snarky, amusing introduction to a small social set in a tiny English town. They never tire of gossiping about each other and the smallest occurances take on monumental importance. I LOVE IT!]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 14 01:58:10 -0800 2009 Mon Oct 19 13:45:26 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 14 01:58:10 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sun Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 11:45:01 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 19:14:22 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Sep 26 01:22:58 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 03:03:50 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat Aug 04 18:41:47 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 12:12:55 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Fri Sep 26 11:23:02 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 27 13:51:54 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Aug 07 14:04:59 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 07 14:05:34 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Wed Jun 13 20:28:36 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 13 20:29:20 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Sat Mar 14 15:54:23 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 15:54:36 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 20:23:17 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 18:04:30 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1127851