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The Complete Mapp and Lucia, Volume 1

By: E. F. Benson
Narrated by: Georgina Sutton
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Sharply observant and wickedly funny, E.F. Benson's six Mapp and Lucia novels satirize 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 1 contains the first three books.

©1927 E.F. Benson (P)2021 Naxos Audiobooks Classics Funny Witty Village Heartfelt Feel-Good

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Such great stories. Performer mispronounces certain words which is a little annoying - but is still easy to listen too despite. When you know the book I guess you just want perfection in the performer :-) Such a wonderful comedic picture of social climbing, snobbery and one-upmanship. Overall SO worth getting.

Wonderful story, minor performance annoyances

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It should be Rizzum NOT Rise-home! But that's a small complaint. It did have my inner Mapp cringing though!

Great stories, let down by pronunciation

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Witty stories of silly snobbery. A delightful distraction. If you like P G Wodehouse's tales, you'll enjoy this.

Escape into the roaring 1920s

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These are my favourite books of all time. Unfortunately the reader is not good enough, mispronouncing Riseholme and providing a ridiculous voice for Captain Puffin. Overall the stories win through

Great writing spoilt by vocal performance

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Perfect audible book. Really enjoyed the Lucia stories. Very clever and witty writing and fabulous narration!

Thoroughly entertaining

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An unabridged, beautifully narrated performance of an English Classic, long waited for. Sharply observant and divinely witty

Utter joy

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Great narration. Wonderful characters all brought vividly to life but found myself saying 'Rizzom!' every time Riseholme was mentioned which was a lot. For that reason only four stars but still looking forward to listening to the next books in the series.

Thoroughly enjoyable,

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in my opinion, this is the best narration. has Part Two been completed by the same narrator?

great narration

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Quite wonderful. The pretensions, petty rivalries, fads and fancies are put under a searing satirical spotlight by E F Benson. Although you can’t help becoming quite fond of these snobbish characters. Don’t miss this.

Please Audible do volume 2!

Absolute Joy

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I have a great many Naxos audiobooks all are of great quality.
There can be no greater praise than once begun it is a wrench to switch them off.
This reading is a particular pleasure.

Naxos Excellence

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