false 1127851 1559212756 9781559212755 136 17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181219754m/1127851.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1127851.Miss_Mapp 1035292 E.F. Benson 1619 190 5 0 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 narration about them) spins an elegant web of allusion and quotation that reinforces the (mythical?) notion that people were once better educated - following the references in this one led me to Shelley, the "Song of Solomon" and a mid-19th century Anglican hymnist whose name I have (regrettably) already forgotten.]]>