Name/TitleHumbug
EditionThird
MakerDelafield, E.M.
Maker RoleAuthor
About this objectHardback novel with plastic flysheet titled 'Humbug' by E.M. Delafield.
Medium and MaterialsInorganic, plastic
Organic, board and paper
MeasurementsH: 195 x W: 135 x D: 35 mm
Date Made1921
Period1920s
Place MadeEngland, London
PublisherHutchison & Co.
Publication Date1921
Publication PlaceEngland, London
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._M._Delafield:
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. Delafield is considered by many to have been a master of the comedy of manners.
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's writing & literature
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBook
Object numberGWL-2024-38-3
Spine LabelHUMBUG ~ 44th Thousand ~ E.M. DELAFIELD ~ "A very fine contribution to modern fiction." Sunday Express ~ HUTCHISON's famous 3/6 NOVELS
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