At turns humorous, poignant, gripping, and occasionally tragic, this collection of short stories is peopled by a rich cast of characters. No one is all good or all bad in this...

“Queen Lucia” (1920) is the first volume of E. F. Benson’s “Mapp and Lucia” 6-novel series. It is a comedy of manners, set in provincial Riseholme (Lincolnshire)....