num_pages: 388
description: When Diary of a Provincial Lady was first published in 1930, critics on both sides of the Atlantic greeted it with enthusiasm. This charming, delightful and extremely funny book about daily life in a frugal English household was named by booksellers as the out-of-print novel most deserving of republication.This is a gently self-effacing, dry-witted tale of a long-suffering and disaster-prone Devon lady of the 1930s. A story of provincial social pretensions and the daily inanities of domestic life to rival George Grossmith's Diary of a Nobody.
language: English
title: Diary of a Provincial Lady
titlecomplete: Diary of a Provincial Lady
genres: Classics, British Literature, Comedy, Historical, Adult, Humor, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 5716
places: Devon, England, England
series: The Provincial Lady
publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers