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Author(s): Benson, E.F.
Reader(s): Sutton, Georgina
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Classic Fiction
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: NA0497
Barcode: 9781781983607
Release Date: 02/2021
BENSON, E.F.: Complete Mapp and Lucia (The), Vol. 2: Mapp and Lucia, Lucia's Progress and Trouble for Lucia (Unabridged)
Sharply observant and wickedly funny, E.F. Benson’s six ‘Mapp and Lucia’ novels satirise the upper-middle-class social climbers in 1920s and ’30s rural England. Games of bridge and cups of tea fuel hilarious gossip and vindictive plots a-plenty. It is a masterfully sustained spotlight on the minutiae of village life – a clever and ultimately heart-warming series that seems tailor-made for audio.
Volume 2 contains the second three books.
Mapp and Lucia: When Lucia goes to stay in Tilling, Miss Mapp’s social pedestal starts to wobble. Far from falling into line as Miss Mapp expects, Lucia soon manoeuvres herself – via dinners, luncheons and games of bridge – into a position of control. Behind a façade of exaggerated manners, the gloves are off!
Lucia’s Progress: Lucia’s 50th birthday is approaching and she is determined to give her life more meaning. From rumours of pregnancy and Roman remains to Tilling’s Town Council elections, renewed rivalry between Lucia and Elizabeth Mapp-Flint (who has married Major Benjy) ripples irresistibly through the novel with many a laugh-out-loud moment.
Trouble for Lucia: Lucia is now rich, happily married, and Mayor of Tilling – but the village gossip is in full swing and Lucia’s arch-rival Elizabeth is out for revenge. Will Lucia fall at the final hurdle? Delightfully witty and shamelessly entertaining, this is a fitting finale to the series – E.F. Benson’s ‘au reservoir’!
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1 | Book 1: Mapp and Lucia. Chapter 1 | 12:21 |
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2 | Lucia felt that it was only proper that Daisy… | 13:48 |
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3 | Daisy sat down on a garden-bench, and began to… | 12:59 |
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4 | This Italian word, not understanded of the people… | 13:38 |
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5 | Chapter 2 | 14:22 |
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6 | As soon as tea was over and the inhabitants of Tilling… | 11:40 |
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7 | Diva and Irene therefore hurried to the garden-room… | 10:53 |
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8 | Georgie and Lucia had another long stroll… | 11:58 |
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9 | Chapter 3 | 14:50 |
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10 | The total distance to be traversed was not more than… | 12:33 |
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11 | Miss Mapp did a little more shopping, hung about on… | 13:40 |
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12 | Whatever might be the state of affairs at Tilling… | 15:32 |
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13 | For the next week Mozartino and the Symposium… | 09:49 |
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14 | Lucia advanced and spoke in the most ingratiating… | 10:49 |
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15 | Chapter 4 | 14:09 |
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16 | There came a tap at the door of the garden-room. | 16:06 |
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17 | Lucia duly put in force her disciplinary measures… | 11:15 |
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18 | The favourable audience began as soon as the ladies… | 11:24 |
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19 | Chapter 5 | 17:45 |
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20 | Most of the damaged objects for the jumble sale… | 14:51 |
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21 | Miss Mapp had not intended to be present… | 12:41 |
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22 | Mr Wyse got up from the tea-table… | 11:18 |
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23 | Chapter 6 | 11:16 |
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24 | It was not the next week but the same week… | 13:32 |
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25 | She paced up and down the garden-room… | 12:34 |
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26 | On the fifth day of her illness new interests… | 13:04 |
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27 | The hour was a quarter to one when Lucia tripped… | 12:20 |
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28 | Chapter 7 | 12:47 |
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29 | Georgie came straight to Mallards on his arrival… | 13:44 |
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30 | Georgie's first impulse when he had written his letter… | 12:54 |
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31 | Diva, in an agony at not being able to hear… | 10:52 |
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32 | Within half an hour the whole business was… | 11:56 |
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33 | Chapter 8 | 11:52 |
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34 | Elizabeth, on this morning of mid-December… | 14:59 |
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35 | Georgie was coming to tea with her that afternoon… | 12:03 |
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36 | The church clock had hardly struck half-past eleven… | 16:12 |
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37 | Chapter 9 | 15:17 |
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38 | The afternoon had been full of rather unpleasant… | 11:28 |
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39 | They adjourned to the garden-room where two tables… | 14:48 |
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40 | But though, during these days, no act of direct… | 12:07 |
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41 | Chapter 10 | 12:48 |
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42 | The raft, with legs sometimes madly waltzing… | 15:46 |
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43 | The whole of the next day this thick fog continued… | 11:50 |
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44 | Chapter 11 | 19:12 |
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45 | Chapter 12 | 12:36 |
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46 | Tilling was beginning to awake now… | 09:14 |
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47 | Lucia was looking exceedingly well and much sunburnt. | 13:43 |
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48 | Chapter 13 | 13:32 |
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49 | It was soon evident that the return of the lost… | 13:52 |
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50 | Book 2: Lucia's Progress or The Worshipful Lucia | 12:17 |
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51 | Lucia looked at her engagement book… | 15:01 |
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52 | The disposition of the players was easily settled… | 11:43 |
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53 | The evening post had come in but there was nothing… | 09:49 |
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54 | Chapter 2 | 14:44 |
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55 | Next morning Tilling seethed furiously. | 13:01 |
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56 | Diva trundled swiftly towards her with Paddy… | 15:03 |
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57 | Chapter 3 | 12:06 |
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58 | For the first time for many nights she slept beautifully… | 11:35 |
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59 | Lucia went up to Mallards Cottage, and found… | 15:58 |
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60 | Lucia made no answer, and turning, he saw that she… | 15:48 |
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61 | Chapter 4 | 13:46 |
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62 | The morning had flown with equal speed for Lucia. | 13:42 |
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63 | It was of course quite clear to the performers that… | 15:10 |
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64 | The two ladies had sat down on the window seat… | 14:07 |
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65 | Chapter 5 | 15:50 |
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66 | With the restoration of the free circulation of news… | 11:51 |
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67 | Lucia hurried out, and Georgie, after another glance… | 13:33 |
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68 | Quaint Irene had finished her window sill… | 09:24 |
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69 | Chapter 6 | 12:19 |
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70 | Thanks to the incessant spur and scourge of Lucia's… | 13:33 |
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71 | The rest of the party had gathered again… | 09:47 |
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72 | Lucia and Georgie moved away from the immediate… | 11:27 |
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73 | Chapter 7 | 13:07 |
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74 | For the rest of the afternoon the search was rewarded… | 12:10 |
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75 | Grosvenor had scarcely gone back again to the house… | 14:03 |
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76 | Georgie hurried away on this errand, and Lucia… | 11:02 |
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77 | Chapter 8 | 09:42 |
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78 | Dinner was now over: Susan collected ladies' eyes… | 11:55 |
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79 | Chapter 9 | 15:41 |
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80 | This flippant and deplorably immoral view of the crisis… | 12:35 |
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81 | Chapter 10 | 12:41 |
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82 | That was clever: Benjy ambled off in an… | 12:09 |
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83 | Chapter 11 | 14:13 |
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84 | The party from the bungalows, the Mapp-Flints… | 16:05 |
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85 | Had Elizabeth known what that third telephone call… | 13:25 |
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86 | Chapter 12 | 12:19 |
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87 | The half-espoused couple had all next day to let… | 10:33 |
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88 | The date and manner of the wedding much exercised… | 09:49 |
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89 | Chapter 13 | 16:44 |
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90 | Book 3: Trouble for Lucia. Chapter 1 | 15:51 |
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91 | Georgie went upstairs, feeling much vexed. | 10:34 |
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92 | There was an early autumnal frost in the night… | 15:43 |
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93 | Chapter 2 | 13:57 |
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94 | Mrs Simpson arriving at half-past nine next morning… | 13:50 |
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95 | The ladies left. Major Benjy drunk off his port… | 13:35 |
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96 | Chapter 3 | 13:39 |
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97 | The door bell had rung while this epic was being… | 13:59 |
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98 | Diva saw her off. The disappearance of the… | 13:22 |
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99 | Chapter 4 | 14:08 |
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100 | For brief bright moments one or other of them forgot… | 10:37 |
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101 | The approach of the election to the vacancy… | 10:58 |
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102 | Chapter 5 | 13:49 |
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103 | The day came when Georgie's attendant still hovered… | 13:10 |
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104 | They sat in the dim ruby light for half an hour… | 14:27 |
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105 | Chapter 6 | 11:55 |
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106 | The bicycles arrived a week later… | 10:41 |
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107 | The Mayoress alone remained scornful and aloof. | 12:17 |
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108 | Chapter 7 | 13:27 |
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109 | Puzzle-work began next morning. | 11:02 |
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110 | Thanks to Lucia's prudent distribution of… | 13:06 |
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111 | As often happened in Tilling, affairs of sensational… | 10:46 |
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112 | She went out into the garden-room where… | 13:55 |
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113 | Chapter 8 | 12:09 |
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114 | Olga was a long time getting to her table… | 13:18 |
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115 | Lucia and Georgie, with Grosvenor as maid… | 13:30 |
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116 | Chapter 9 | 12:25 |
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117 | The car rocked its way down to the High Street… | 10:07 |
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118 | Lucia opened the door. Georgie was sitting in… | 11:38 |
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119 | Elizabeth meantime had sighted her prey immediately… | 13:00 |
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120 | Chapter 10 | 17:10 |
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121 | She announced her gift to the Town Council… | 12:11 |
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122 | Georgie came in, bringing the evening post. | 12:17 |
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123 | Lucia remained a moment in thought after ringing off. | 11:28 |
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124 | In the course of that day and the next Miss Leg… | 09:33 |
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125 | Chapter 11 | 16:30 |
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126 | Lucia gave up the idea of eating her sardine tartlet. | 15:54 |
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127 | Chapter 12 | 14:59 |
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128 | At that precise moment there took possession of Lucia… | 16:20 |
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