Desirable residences and other stories
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Desirable residences and other stories
Oxford University Press, c1991
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This collection includes three newly discovered tales, the title story featuring Miss Mapp and two involving Dodo, who is supposed to have been based on Margot Asquith. Archetypal Benson characters abound in these funny pieces: absurd, gossipy dowagers, appalling female meddlers, hapless males and scheming social climbers. Originally written for magazines between 1896 and 1935 and not previously published in book form, these 26 stories confirm his reputation as one of the century's leading comic writers.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 The diversions of Amy Bondham: Entomology
- The Peerage Cure
- When Greek Meets Greek
- Doggies. Part 2 Crank stories: The Case of Bertram Porter
- Philip's Safety Razor
- The Hapless Bachelors
- Dicky's Pain. Part 3 Society stories: The Bridge Fiend
- The Drawing-Room Bureau
- Music
- Aunts and Pianos
- The Guardian Angel
- The Queen of the Spa
- Desirable Residences. Part 4 Cruel stories: The Puce Silk
- The Godmother
- A Breath of Scandal
- To Account Rendered. Part 5 Odd stories: The Superannuation Department, AD 1945
- The Satyr's Scandals
- The Disappearance of Jacob Conifer. Part 6 Dodo stories: The Return of Dodo
- Dodo's Progress. Part 7 Spook stories: Number 12
- The Top Landing
- Sea Mist.
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