E. M. Delafield
English author (1890–1943) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Edmée Elizabeth Monica Dashwood, née de la Pasture (9 June 1890 – 2 December 1943), commonly known as E. M. Delafield, was a prolific English author. 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 1930s. 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[by whom?] to have been a master of the comedy of manners.
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Born | Edmée Elizabeth Monica de la Pasture (1890-06-09)9 June 1890 Steyning, Sussex, England |
Died | 2 December 1943(1943-12-02) (aged 53) |
Resting place | Kentisbeare, Devon, England |
Occupation | Novelist |
Notable works | Diary of a Provincial Lady |
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Arthur Paul Dashwood
(m. 1919) |
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