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Mapp And Lucia (series)
''Mapp and Lucia'' is a 1931 novel by E. F. Benson. ''Mapp and Lucia'' may also refer to: * Mapp and Lucia (novel series), ''Mapp and Lucia'' (novel series) * Mapp & Lucia (1985 TV series), ''Mapp & Lucia'' (1985 TV series) * Mapp & Lucia (2014 TV series), ''Mapp & Lucia'' (2014 TV series) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mapp And Lucia
''Mapp and Lucia'' is a 1931 comic novel written by E. F. Benson. It is the fourth of six novels in the popular Mapp and Lucia (novel series), Mapp and Lucia series, about idle women in the 1920s and their struggle for social dominance over their small communities. It brings together two sets of characters from three previous Benson novels: Emmeline "Lucia" Lucas, Georgie Pillson and Daisy Quantock from ''Queen Lucia'' (1920) and ''Lucia in London'' (1927), and Miss Elizabeth Mapp and her neighbours from ''Miss Mapp'' (1922). In this novel, Lucia and Georgie leave Riseholme (fictional village), Riseholme to take up summer residence in Tilling (Sussex), Tilling, renting Miss Mapp's home of Mallards. Mapp and Lucia soon begin a war for the dominance of social life in Tilling. Plot Mrs. Emmeline Lucas — known to all as "Lucia" — has lost her beloved husband Peppino, who has died since the previous book. Coming out of mourning after a year, she finds that Daisy Quantock has t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mapp And Lucia (novel Series)
''Mapp and Lucia'' is a series of novels by E. F. Benson. The first novel, '' Queen Lucia'', was published in 1920, and introduced Mrs. Emmeline "Lucia" Lucas, the social leader in the fictional town of Riseholme, her husband Philip "Pepino" Lucas, best friend Georgie Pillson, and rival Daisy Quantock. The second novel, '' Miss Mapp'', was published in 1922, and introduced Miss Elizabeth Mapp, the ferocious queen of another fictional seaside town, Tilling. The third, '' Lucia in London'' (1927), brought Lucia and Pepino from Riseholme to London, while her Riseholme neighbours seethed. With the fourth novel, ''Mapp and Lucia'' (1931), Benson brought the characters from the previous three books together, with a freshly-widowed Lucia moving to Tilling with Georgie, and battling Mapp for control of the town's social life. This storyline continued in '' Lucia's Progress'' (1935) and ''Trouble for Lucia'' (1939), making six books in all. The Mapp and Lucia (1985 TV series), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mapp & Lucia (1985 TV Series)
''Mapp & Lucia'' is a British television series, set in the fictional Sussex coastal town of Tilling and based on three 1930s novels by E. F. Benson, beginning with ''Mapp and Lucia''. It was produced by London Weekend Television, filmed in Rye (on which Benson based Tilling) and neighbouring Winchelsea in the 1980s, and starred Prunella Scales as Mapp, Geraldine McEwan as Lucia, Nigel Hawthorne as Georgie, and Denis Lill as Major Benjy. The script was by Gerald Savory. There were ten episodes, (which aired in two series of five) broadcast on Channel 4 in 1985 and 1986. The opening title painting was painted by the artist Reg Cartwright. These have been repeated over the years, and a new BBC adaptation, '' Mapp & Lucia'', aired in 2014. Series one is a five-episode adaptation of ''Mapp and Lucia'' (1931). Season two adapts both the fifth book ('' Lucia's Progress'', 1935) in the first three episodes, and the sixth book ('' Trouble for Lucia'', 1939) in the final two episodes. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
