Miss Mapp

Miss Mapp Review

I had the same initial difficulty getting into this book as I did Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster. However, once fully immersed in it, I became wholly converted to the cult of Mapp and Lucia. This volume only has Mapp but Mapp is quite enough on her own! This is small town life as depicted with a sly wit by E.F. Benson. The time period is between the two world world wars and it is set in England. There is no tv so life is one endless round of get togethers with one's townspeople with the favorite past time being bridge. This book opens by exploring how ideally Mapp's house is situated so she can spy on all of her neighbors and quickly moves into the one-upmanship practiced by virtually everyone. If one is in any way slighted, the plotting for revenge is intricate and then executed with the fervor of a hard won military push into enemy territory. This reminded me very much of my New England grandmother and her hey day in her small town.

I also listened to this on audio as read by the wonderful actress Prunella Scales. She played Basil Fawlty's wife in FAWLTY TOWERS. Listening to her interpretation helped me greatly on easing into this whole world.

Miss Mapp Overview

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