{"product_id":"diary-of-a-provincial-lady","title":"Diary of A Provincial Lady","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/6428\/9071\/files\/Persephone.png?v=1775729186\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis great classic of domestic literature initially appeared in weekly instalments in \u003cem\u003eTime and Tide, \u003c\/em\u003ethe feminist weekly\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e Some might find it an oxymoron that a book is both domestic and feminist. But this is the central remit of Persephone Books and the reason why \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDiary of a Provincial Lady\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (1930) is a quintessential title. For the \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDiary\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, which chronicles the day-to-day life of a wife and mother living in the country, is above all \u003cem\u003efun\u003c\/em\u003e, in fact it is one of the funniest books ever written.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJilly Cooper wrote perceptively in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: ‘Gradually one realises that, despite the short sentences and the simplicity and unpretentiousness of the prose and subject matter, here is a very subtle and deliberate talent at work, naturally satirical, with a marvellous ear for dialogue and an unerringly accurate social sense.’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description rte\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"std\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEndpaper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endpaper-caption\"\u003eEndpapers taken from the Harper \u0026amp; Brothers, New York cover for \u003cem\u003eDiary of a Provincial Lady \u003c\/em\u003e1931.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"E. M. Delafield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44960222117935,"sku":"9781903155950","price":1599.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/6428\/9071\/files\/provinciallady.png?v=1775723387","url":"https:\/\/lunabooks.in\/products\/diary-of-a-provincial-lady","provider":"Luna Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}