E. F. Benson
Benson was a prolific and varied novelist best remembered for his Mapp and Lucia novels, a comic masterpiece of social warfare in a small English town. His ghost stories are among the finest in the language.
Works
- Queen LuciaComedy novel of social ambition in a small English village
- Mapp and LuciaSequel uniting two rival characters in a battle of social supremacy
- Lucia in LondonNovel of a social climber's misadventures in London high society
- Miss MappComedy of a tyrannical woman controlling her English seaside town
- Paying Guests