Diary Of A Provincial Lady, Chapter 10

Diary of a Provincial Lady, published nearly a hundred years ago by E M Delafield, is a direct ancestor of Bridget Jones' Diary. In tonight's episode, our narrator chairs a meeting in the village to discuss ideas about fundraising for the village hall. There are unfortunately very few ideas. Eventually however a plan of action is agreed upon. Lady Boxe returns from the South of France and gives an afternoon tea.

This gentle story of the daily ups and downs of domestic life has also been compared with George Grossmith's Diary of a Nobody, also available narrated by me in Free Tracks.

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Reviews

She is such a keen observer of the daily life around her and can make the ordinary extraordinary. I am not familiar with the author at all, thanks for introducing her Mandy.

Oh dear… all sounds rather wretched 🙄😂 she’s a great writer though, and I’d be interested to hear more if you read them! Thank you 🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️❤️

So happy to find these “missing” chapters! I know now what to do if I don’t see the new installments! I’ll have to give this one another listen to hear what happens, dosed off so quickly this time! Thanks again Mandy!!

"This one has 12, by the time we are done..." Hilarious! I'm going to look for some of her other books. Thank you Mandy, for your excellent delivery of this book!

This book is so delightful. I love her private “queries”. I had never heard of this author before and would love to hear other works by her as well. Thanks Mandy