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8 best books like The Provincial Lady in America (E.M. Delafield): They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, One Pair of Hands, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, The Worshipful Lucia, The Victorian Chaise Longue, The Brandons, Mudlark: In Search of London's Past Along the River Thames, Elizabeth and Her German Garden

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
AuthorHorace McCoy


Horace McCoy’s 1935 novel They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? contains one of the bleakest lines in all of literature. It’s where Gloria, who dances in the marathon dance, asks without a trace of irony or black humor, ”Why are these high-powered scientists always screwing around trying...
One Pair of Hands
AuthorMonica Dickens
ISBN0897333047
What does a young, well-off English woman do with herself when she's thrown out of acting school and is tired of being a debutante? Well, if you're Monica Dickens, you become a cook. She makes the plunge to a life "below the stairs," confident in her abilities to be a cook because she once took a course in...
The Body: A Guide for Occupants
AuthorBill Bryson
ISBN0385539304
In the bestselling, prize-winning A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson achieved the seemingly impossible by making the science of our world both understandable and entertaining to millions of people around the globe.

Now he turns his attention inwards to explore the human...
The Worshipful Lucia
AuthorE.F. Benson
ISBN0060913754
Darlings, you simply must view the outrageous exhibition on display in Tilling! Art should of course both enlighten and revivify - but sometimes it must shock as well! And this display will shock the bonnets right off of your heads! Who knew the charms of provincial life in a small town would be but pleasant...
The Victorian Chaise Longue
AuthorMarghanita Laski
ISBN0897330978


A small, but perfectly formed, chilling tale of psychological horror, from a very simple premise.

The GR summary, in its entirety, says, "Tells the story of a young married woman who lies down on a chaise-longue and wakes to find herself imprisoned in the body of her alter ego ninety...
The Brandons
AuthorAngela Thirkell
ISBN0786703628
This is one of Angela Thirkell's 13 novels set in Trollope's Barsetshire, and peopled with characters from the upper crust of society to the tyrants behind the green baize doors and the miscreants of Grumper's end. Here are the beautiful Mrs Brandon (before whom even the vicar blushes and stammers),...
Mudlark: In Search of London's Past Along the River Thames
AuthorLara Maiklem
ISBN1631494961
Long heralded as a city treasure herself, expert “mudlarker” Lara Maiklem is uniquely trained in the art of seeking. Tirelessly trekking across miles of the Thames’ muddy shores, where others only see the detritus of city life, Maiklem unearths evidence of England’s captivating, if sometimes...
Elizabeth and Her German Garden
AuthorElizabeth von Arnim
ISBN0860684237
"Elizabeth and Her German Garden," a novel by Elizabeth von Arnim, was popular and frequently reprinted during the early years of the 20th century. "Elizabeth and Her German Garden" is a year's diary written by Elizabeth about her experiences learning gardening and interacting with her friends....
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