MAPP AND LUCIA (PENGUIN CLASSICS) (PB)

Subtly brilliant comedy of social rivalry between the wars. Lucia is an arch-snob of the highest order. In Miss Elizabeth Mapp of Mallards, Lucia meets her match. Ostensibly the most civil and genteel of society ladies, there is no plan too devious, no plot too cunning, no depths to which they would not sink, in order to win the battle for social supremacy. Using garden parties, bridge evenings and charming teas, the two combatants strive to outcharm each other - and the whole of Tilling society.