Dodo An Omnibus Author:E. F. Benson (Includes the novels: Dodo, Dodo the Second, and Dodo Wonders.) — Three novels in one! In this bumper edition of three of his most popular novels, E.F. Benson introduces us to Dorothea "Dodo" Vane and her sparkling circle of eccentric family and friends. Beautiful, willful, and altogether delightful, Dodo waltzes through the turn of the century, ... more »trumping hearts as easily as she does cards--but not without paying a price. Struggling to keep up with her are a band of loyal followers, including Edith, who composes symphonies over her breakfast kedgeree; Seymour, "who ought to have been drowned when he was a girl;" doting Lord Chesterfield, faithful Jack and her daughter, Nadine -- Dodo the Second.
This Dodo trilogy is crowded wtih all the luminous figures E.F. Benson mixed with in the salons of stately homes of almost a century ago, such as Margot Tennant (later Margot Asquith, "Dodo" herself) and Ethel Smyth. It is a brilliant chronicle, written with inimitable wit and poignancy. New Introduction by Prunella Scales.« less