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Paying Guests
Paying Guests
Author: E. F. Benson
Bolton Spa is infamous for two things: the nauseating quality of its brine and the parsimony of its boarding houses. Exceptional is the Wentworth. Every summer this luxurious establishment is full of paying guests come to sample the waters, the constant hot meals, the happy family atmosphere. The register reveals a chronicle of acrimony and arth...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780701219024
ISBN-10: 0701219025
Publication Date: 1984
Pages: 286
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3.9 stars, based on 6 ratings
Publisher: London, Hogarth Press, 1984
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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ccwriter avatar reviewed Paying Guests on + 186 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
If you loved Benson's "Lucia" books as much as I did, this is right up your alley!
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thameslink avatar reviewed Paying Guests on + 723 more book reviews
A delightful English romp from the author of the "Lucia" books.
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Depiction of British upperclass at a spa resort in the 1920's. As in Benson's Lucia series, the characters interact clueless of their own faults and the results are often hilarious.
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E.F. Benson (1867-1940) is one of the great English humorists. Novelist, essayist, and biographer, he published almost eighty books, including fifty works of fiction. He is perhaps most famous for the Lucia series... [publisher]


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