E. F. Benson / EFBenson
Make way for Lucia is a series of novels written by E.F Benson. They feature hilarious incidents in the lives of upper-middle class people in the 1920s and ’30s. The characters vie for social standing in an extremely snobby world. In the series the two main characters - sophisticated Lucia and frumpy Miss Mapp compete with each other and have to extricate themselves from a series of social disasters in comical style.The novels are:Queen Lucia (1920)Miss Mapp (1922)The Male Impersonator (a short story)Lucia in London (1927)Mapp and Lucia (1931)Lucia’s Progress (1935) (published in the U.S. as The Worshipful Lucia)Trouble for Lucia (1939)