E. M. Delafield
E. M. Delafield | |
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Delafield in 1925 | |
| Born | Edmée Elizabeth Monica de la Pasture 9 June 1890 Steyning, Sussex, England |
| Died | 2 December 1943 (aged 53) |
| Resting place | Kentisbeare, Devon, England |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Notable works | Diary of a Provincial Lady |
| Spouse |
Arthur Paul Dashwood
(m. 1919) |
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Edmée Elizabeth Monica Dashwood, née de la Pasture (9 June 1890 – 2 December 1943), commonly known as E. M. Delafield, was a prolific English author. She wrote novels, short stories, essays, and plays, but is now best known for her largely autobiographical Diary of a Provincial Lady, the fictional journal of an upper-middle-class Englishwoman in a Devon village in the 1930s. Delafield is considered a master of the comedy of manners.