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  • Miss Mapp

  • By: E. F. Benson
  • Narrated by: Nadia May
  • Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (205 ratings)

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Miss Mapp

By: E. F. Benson
Narrated by: Nadia May
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Summary

Miss Elizabeth Mapp, magnificent grande dame and heiress, is always on the lookout lest her neighbors fall outside the bounds of perfect, exemplary manners. But her tightly controlled world is soon beset on all sides by interlopers, first in the disturbingly masculine form of two very different retired army officers, both of whom are anything but retiring in their conflicting aims upon her heart. Second, there appears the elegant, insidiously evil Contessa possessed of dazzling charm and diabolical designs.
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"Nadia May does a hilarious Miss Mapp, the small-minded small-town heiress of a certain age who leads an absolutely full life spying on and attempting to best her neighbors." ( AudioFile)

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Great characters

Elizabeth Mapp is an odious woman operating at the height of her game in a world beset with strict codes of conduct. The storms of rage and frustrated fury occasioned by the orchestrated oneupmanship is laugh out loud funny. I love this series.

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A Classic of British literature

E.F Bensons work should be held along side Wodehouse and Mitford, both social commentary and arch dialogue abound in this classic of English life.

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wonderful fun with usual sparkling wit.

Reader's voice too high pitched. She speaks too quickly so one misses parts of it.

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Love this unabridged version

I’ve listened to the abridged versions before, but this was truly fabulous….the extra information and descriptions and more humour!!

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Wonderful

I loved listening to this - there isn’t much of a story, but the characterisation is so clever and so funny and the reading so brilliant that I was captivated by it. Gently humorous throughout with some laugh out loud moments, anyone who enjoys PG Wodehouse will enjoy this. Much better than the recent TV series and I’m definitely downloading more of these. Perfect at bedtime, you can laugh yourself to sleep!

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Stunningly good narration!

Nadia May is just brilliant! Fantastic scene where she does a tipsy "United Services" in conversation with Miss Mapp. Such a crying shame that Audible Books don't have the next books in the series available unabridged.

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and escapist delight

It would be difficult to say quite what it is about this audiobook that is so mesmerically wonderful. i've listened to it repeatedly. Familiarity just makes it more comforting- like a warm blanket.

It's a picture of a perfect world; a group of people living in a beautiful little town 'Tilling' (Rye really, as everyone knows, in Sussex) All the charecters have enough money to live comfortably, and servants to do the hard work so they have all day to plot against each other- living lives of constant point-scoring, petty meanness and one-up-manship.

We're still waiting for Blackstone Audio and Audible to bring us the sequels...

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My life seems uncomplicated in comparison

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, its an interesting view into the intrigue and snobbery of early 20th C England, but also very funny

What did you like best about this story?

I learnt some new vocabulary

What does Nadia May bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

excellent delivery, good timing

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

too long but a great car journey novel

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Very witty

An unexpected delightful find. So witty and full of the small town busy bodying written full of humour. I will immediately go on to the next in the series.

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Perfectly charming A period piece

I remembered the TV series so was delighted to see the original book. I wasn't disappointed. Miss Mapp is an absolutely charming period piece that perfectly captures 1920's market town snobbery. Written with a perfect dry ascerbic wit that would put Stephan Fry to shame I would thoroughly recommend this book

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