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Publication date. 1931. Preceded by. Lucia in London. Followed by. Lucia's Progress. Mapp and Lucia is a 1931 comic novel written by E. F. Benson. It is the fourth of six novels in the popular Mapp and Lucia series, about idle women in the 1920s and their struggle for social dominance over their small communities.
- E. F. Benson
- 1931
- 1931
- Comic novel
Mapp & Lucia: With Geraldine McEwan, Prunella Scales, Nigel Hawthorne, Denis Lill. The social rivalry between two women in the 1930s when Lucia moves to the small English town of Tilling.
- (494)
- Comedy
- TV-PG
- 1985-04-14
Mapp & Lucia: With Miranda Richardson, Anna Chancellor, Poppy Miller, Felicity Montagu. The social rivalry between two women in the 1930s when Lucia rents Mapp's house for the summer.
- 41 sec
- 28
Mapp and Lucia is a British drama television series that was first broadcast on BBC One from 29 to 31 December 2014. The three-part series, adapted by Steve Pemberton and directed by Diarmuid Lawrence, is based on E. F. Benson 's Mapp and Lucia collection of novels.
- Lisa Osborne
- 29 December –, 31 December 2014
- 3
- BBC Drama Production
Mapp and Lucia is a series of novels by E. F. Benson . The first novel, Queen Lucia, was published in 1920, and introduced Mrs. Emmeline "Lucia" Lucas, the social leader in the fictional town of Riseholme, her husband Philip "Pepino" Lucas, best friend Georgie Pillson, and rival Daisy Quantock.
A humorous series of novels about the British upper-middle classes by E.F. Benson and his successors. Find ratings, reviews, editions, and reading order of the books featuring the social rivals Lucia and Miss Mapp.
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Both Mrs. Lucia Lucas and Miss Elizabeth Mapp are accustomed to complete social supremacy, and when one intrudes on the other’s territory, war ensues. Lucia sees herself as a benevolent—if ruthless—dictator, while Miss Mapp is driven by an insatiable desire for vengeance against the presumptuous interloper.
