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Originally Posted by JSWolf
I'm currently reading/listening to Queen Lucia by E. F. Benson. I started reading it and would have stopped had I not found a rather good audiobook version. The text is rather dry and reading it is rather dull. It takes a rather good reader to overcome this.
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Originally Posted by issybird
I guess one has to have a taste for that sort of humor. I think the Lucia books are delightful and they all have literal LOL moments. I'm not going to discuss it here in advance of the book club discussion, but I would hate for people to be put off trying it when it's free, people. I know there are many Lucia fans here; maybe some will swing by the discussion.
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I've just read the first two chapters so far, but it strikes me a something that would make for a fine British sitcom; something along the lines of
Keeping Up Appearances.