As We Were - A Victorian Peep Show

By E. F. Benson

E. F. Benson was one of the best known authors of his generation and here he turns his keen satirical eye on the Victorian era, written as personal observations and short anecdotes. E. F. Benson was in a rare position having met some of the most famous people of the era through his well known father, this gives these stories and memories a rich depth that only comes from someone who lived such a rich and varied life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Benson Press
• Release date: Apr 16, 2013
• ISBN: 9781473381179

E. F. Benson

Edward Frederic Benson (1867–1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist, and short story writer. Benson was the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury and member of a distinguished and eccentric family. After attending Marlborough and King’s College, Cambridge, where he studied classics and archaeology, he worked at the British School of Archaeology in Athens. A great humorist, he achieved success at an early age with his first novel, Dodo(1893). Benson was a prolific author, writing over one hundred books including serious novels, ghost stories, plays, and biographies. But he is best remembered for his Lucia and Mapp comedies written between 1920 and 1939 and other comic novels such as Paying Guests and Mrs Ames. Benson served as mayor of Rye, the Sussex town that provided the model for his fictional Tilling, from 1934 to 1937.