Au reservoir! Anyone up for a Mapp and Lucia thread?

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Ohwhatfuckeryisthis · 29/07/2014 15:03

Bit of a cheat, at I'm watching it on TV ATM. They are my guilty pleasure, Dorothy Tutin was perfect as the divine Lucia. Anyone else?

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Laska42 · 30/07/2014 18:39

Vair good..

furrlinedsheepskinjacket · 30/07/2014 16:57

loved the tv show - hilarious

Messygirl · 30/07/2014 16:53

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ParsingFlatly · 30/07/2014 16:48

You thread was silent apart from the crashing of toast, Ohwhat.

cuddybridge · 30/07/2014 16:46

I read them when I was teenager and loved them, I've just bought the first 4 for my kindle to give them another whirl. Ive not read the follow on ones, but if I get through these 4, I might try them

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Ohwhatfuckeryisthis · 30/07/2014 13:38

Ah mi caro mios! I was about to slink away with my forlorn little thread. I'm going load my kindle up with them for the hols. Has anyone read the follow on ones not written by EF Benson?
Psychic bidding?

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AuntieStella · 30/07/2014 09:28

Yes, there's a series of 6 of them.

It's a comedy of manners set almost entirely in Rye (after the first book), and yes I do think you need to read them in order.

It's all about middle class social pretentions and affectations; well written, close observation.

(Anyone here "speak" Italian?)

gailforce1 · 30/07/2014 09:20

These books are regularly recommended - what is so brilliant about them? Are they a series? Do you need to read them in order? I visited Rye in East Sussex years ago and these were displayed in the Martell bookshop there but I cannot remember the connection to that area? (Sorry for so many questions!)

AuntieStella · 29/07/2014 21:49

I've just mentioned psychic bidding on another thread.

I think these are brilliant books!

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