E. F. Benson\'s strikingly original comic creation Miss Mapp is an arch-schemer and social climber from the British town of Tilling who spends her days using opera glasses and a notebook to chart her neighbors\' affairs. Among her interests are Major Benjamin Flint, whom she has been trying to marry for years, and the underhanded Miss Susan Poppit.

Reconciliation • (1924) • shortstory by E. F. BensonThe Face • (1924) • shortstory by E. F. BensonSpinach • (1924) • shortstory by E. F. BensonBagnell Terrace • (1925) • shortstory by E. F. BensonA Tale of an Empty House • (1925) • shortstory by E. F. BensonNaboth's Vineyard • (1923) • shortstory by E. F. BensonExpiation • (1923) • shortstory by E. F. BensonHome, Sweet Home • (1927) • shortstory by E. F. BensonAnd No Bird Sings • (1926) • shortstory by E. F. Benson (variant of "And No Bird Sings")The Corner House • (1926) • shortstory by E. F. BensonCorstophine • (1924) • shortstory by E. F. BensonThe Temple • (1924) • shortstory by E. F. Benson

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Edward Frederic Benson was an English archaeologist and writer. Benson’s most famous works are the Mapp and Lucia series about Emmeline “Lucia” Lucas and Elizabeth Mapp.

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The Sanctuary • (1934) • shortstoryMonkeys • (1933) • shortstoryThe Bed by the Window • (1929) • shortstoryAnd No Bird Sings • (1926) • shortstoryThe Face • (1924) • shortstoryMrs. Amworth • (1922) • shortstoryNegotium Perambulans • (1922) • shortstoryThe Horror-Horn • (1922) • shortstoryThe House with the Brick-Kiln • (1908) • shortstoryThe Thing in the Hall • (1912) • shortstoryCaterpillars • (1912) • shortstoryGavon's Eve • (1906) • shortstoryThe Room in the Tower • (1912) • shortstory

The Step • (1926) • shortstoryThe Bed by the Window • (1929) • shortstoryJames Lamp • (1930) • shortstoryThe Dance • shortstoryThe Hanging of Alfred Wadham • (1928) • shortstoryPirates • (1928) • shortstoryThe Wishing-Well • (1929) • shortstoryThe Bath-Chair • shortstoryMonkeys • (1933) • shortstoryChristopher Comes Back • shortfictionThe Sanctuary • shortstoryThursday Evenings • (1920) • shortstoryThe Psychical Mallards • (1921) • shortstory

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Biblioasis is thrilled to continue this series of beautifully illustrated, collectible, classic Christmas ghost stories designed and illustrated by world-famous cartoonist Seth.In How Fear Departed the Long Gallery, for the Peverils, the appearance of a ghost is no more upsetting than the appearance of the mailman at an ordinary house. Except for the twin toddlers in the Long Gallery. No one would dare be caught in the Long Gallery after dark. But on this quiet and cloudy afternoon, Madge Peveril is feeling rather drowsy . . .E. F. Benson was the English writer of the Mapp and Lucia series.

And the Dead Spake • (1922) • shortstoryThe Outcast • (1922) • shortstoryThe Horror-Horn • (1922) • shortstoryMachaon • (1923) • shortstoryNegotium Perambulans • (1922) • shortstoryAt the Farmhouse • (1923) • shortstoryInscrutable Decrees • (1923) • shortstoryThe Gardener • (1922) • shortstoryMr. Tilly's Séance • (1922) • shortstoryMrs. Amworth • (1922) • shortstoryIn the Tube • (1922) • shortstoryRoderick's Story • (1923) • shortstory

This book is one of the classic book of all time.

His body was pressed against the wall at the head of the bed, and the face was a mask of agonised horror and fruitless entreaty. But the eyes were already glazed in death, and before Francis could reach the bed the body had toppled over and lay inert and lifeless. Even as he looked, he heard a limping step go down the passage outside.'E. F. Benson was a master of the ghost story and now all his rich, imaginative, spine-tingling and beautifully written tales are presented together in this bumper collection. The range and variety of these spooky narratives is far broader and more adventurous than those of any other writer of supernatural fiction. Within the covers of this volume you will encounter revengeful spectres, vampires, homicidal spirits, monstrous spectral worms and slugs and other entities of nameless dread. This is a classic collection that cannot fail to charm and chill.

The Second E. F. Benson Megapack collects 11 more short stories and 11 novels by E. F. Benson, spanning horror, mystery, suspense, and historical subjects, including such classics as Miss Mapp and Queen Lucia.Included are:THE OUTCASTTHE COUNTESS OF LOWNDES SQUARETHE BLACKMAILER OF PARK LANETHE DANCE ON THE BEEFSTEAKTHE ORIOLISTSIN THE DARKTHE FALSE STEP"PUSS-CAT"THERE AROSE A KINGTHE TRAGEDY OF OLIVER BOWMANPHILIP'S SAFETY RAZORQUEEN LUCIAMISS MAPPTHE BLOTTING BOOKDAISY'S AUNTACROSS THE STREAMSCARLET AND HYSSOPTHE RUBICONMICHAELMAMMON AND CO.DODO'S DAUGHTERDODO WONDERS—And don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Megapack" or "Wildside Megapack" to see more entries in Wildside Press's Megapack series, ranging from science fiction and fantasy to westerns, mysteries, ghost stories—and much, much more!

The E.F. Benson Megapack collects 36 of Benson's horror stories, including such classics as The Bus-Conductor, The Room in the Tower, and The Thing in the Hall.Included are:AT ABDUL ALI'S GRAVETHE MAN WHO WENT TOO FARTHE CATGAVON'S EVETHE DUST-CLOUDTHE SHOOTINGS AT ACHNALEISHTHE BUS-CONDUCTORTHE HOUSE WITH THE BRICK-KILNOUTSIDE THE DOORHOW FEAR DEPARTED FROM THE LONG GALLERYTHE CONFESSION OF CHARLES LINKWORTHTHE ROOM IN THE TOWERCATERPILLARSBETWEEN THE LIGHTSTHE TERROR BY NIGHTTHE OTHER BEDTHE CHINA BOWLTHE PASSENGERTHE APETHROUGHTHURSDAY EVENINGSTHE PSYCHICAL MALLARDSMRS AMWORTHTHE GARDENERTHE HORROR-HORN"AND THE DEAD SPAKE..."NEGOTIUM PERAMBULANSIN THE TUBEMR. TILLY'S SEANCETHE CASE OF FRANK HAMPDENMRS. ANDREWS'S CONTROLTHE DEATH WARRANTMACHAONAT THE FARMHOUSEINSCRUTABLE DECREESTHE THING IN THE HALLAnd don't forget to search your favorite...

"Mapp & Lucia" first published in 1935. "Lucia's progress" first published 1935. "Trouble for Lucia" first published in 1939.

Lucia is one of the great comic characters in English literature. Outrageously pretentious, hypocritical and snobbish, Queen Lucia, as by right divine rules over the toy kingdom of Riseholme based on the Cotswold village of Broadway. Her long-suffering husband Pepino is her prince-consort, the outrageously camp Georgie is her gentleman-in-waiting, the village green is her parliament, and her subjects, such as Daisy Quantock, are hapless would-be Bolsheviks. In Lucia in London, the prudish, manically ambitious Lucia launches herself into the louche world of London society. Her earnest determination to learn all about modern movements makes her the perfect comic vehicle for Benson s free-wheeling satire of salon society, and of the dominant fads and movements of the 1920s, including vegetarianism, yoga, palmistry, Freudianism, séances, Post-Impressionist art and Christian Science. Meanwhile in Tilling, clearly modelled on Benson s home town of Rye, Miss Mapp consumed by chronic rage and curiosity sits at her window, armed with her light-opera glasses keeping baleful watch on her neighbours. Anger and the gravest suspicions about everybody had kept her young and on the boil : and Benson transmutes her boiling into a series of small humiliations in his witty, malicious comedy. In his insightful Introduction Keith Carabine shows that these books are excruciatingly funny because Benson, like Jane Austen, invites the reader to view the world through the self-deluded fabrications and day-dreams of Lucia and the self-deluded chronic anger and jaundiced suspicions of Elisabeth. Carabine also concentrates on the novels disturbing, bitchy, camp humour whenever that horrid thing which Freud calls sex is raised.The last three wonderful comic novels drolly record the battle between Lucia and Elisabeth Mapp for social and cultural supremacy in the village of Tilling (based on Rye). Their constant skirmishes ensure that every game of bridge, tea or dinner-party, church service, council meeting or art exhibition are thrilling encounters that ensure Tilling is always on a very agreeable rack of suspense . Both Elisabeth and Lucia are gross hypocrites, snobs and bullies, the huge differences in temperament and style ensure the battle is usually unequal. Elisabeth is incurably mean-spirited and Lucia suffers from splendid delusions of grandeur and personal prestige. Driven by demons of revenge, Elisabeth always acts impulsively, and therefore every revelation of her meanness allows Lucia, the consummate actress, to kill her ally with a sickening kindness. In his insightful Introduction Keith Carabine shows that these books are excruciatingly funny because Benson, like Jane Austen, invites the reader to view the world through the self-deluded chronic anger and jaundiced suspicions of Elisabeth and through the self-deluded fabrications and day-dreams of Lucia. Carabine also concentrates on the novels disturbing, bitchy, camp humour whenever that horrid thing which Freud calls sex is raised.

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Three of Benson's Lucia stories. "Queen Lucia" was published in 1920, "Miss Mapp" in 1922 and "Lucia in London" in 1927. They are much-loved novels of provincial snobbery and became a successful television series.

Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Doctor Who, Game of Thrones) selects and introduces chilling tales by the unsung master of the classic ghost story - E.F. Benson.There's nothing sinister about a London bus. Nothing supernatural could occur on a busy Tube platform. There's nothing terrifying about a little caterpillar. And a telephone, what could be scary about that? Don't be frightened of the dark corners of your room. Don't be alarmed by a sudden, inexplicable chill. There's no need for a ticking clock, a limping footstep, or a knock at the door to start you trembling. There's nothing to be scared of. Nothing at all.

From the author of the much-loved Mapp and Lucia series comes an unforgettable small-town heroine. Reigning over a social merry-go-round of dinners and parties, Mrs Ames is the undisputed queen bee of Riseborough. That is, until vivacious new villager Mrs Evans catches the eye of both her son and her husband. Not content with captivating the men in her life, 'that wonderful creature' Mrs Evans becomes not just rival to Mrs Ames' marriage, but rival to her village throne. When the whole of Riseborough is invited to Mrs Evans' masked costume party, action must be taken. As the date looms, the irrepressible Mrs Ames resolves to seize the chance to win back her position, and thus, her man.

This carefully crafted ebook: "E. F. Benson: Complete Short Stories Collection: 70+ Classic, Ghost, Spook, Supernatural, Mystery, Haunting and Other Tales" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist and short story writer. He achieved the big success with his first novel, the fashionably controversial Dodo, and also with its sequels, but the greatest success came relatively late in his career with The Mapp and Lucia series. Benson was also known as a writer of atmospheric, oblique, and at times humorous or satirical ghost stories.Table of contents:The Male ImpersonatorDesirable ResidencesThe Room in the TowerGavon's EveThe Dust-CloudThe Confession of Charles LinkworthAt Abdul Ali's GraveThe Shootings of AchnaleishHow Fear Departed from the Long GalleryCaterpillarsThe CatThe Bus-ConductorThe Man Who Went Too FarBetween the...