I Visit the Soviets - The Provincial Lady in Russia

By E. M. Delafield

This early work is E. M. Delafield’s 1937 semi-autobiographical novel, “I Visit the Soviets - The Provincial Lady in Russia”. Written in the style of a diary, it tells the story of woman living in 1930s Russia who finds herself toiling on a collective farm, battling with public transport, and generally struggling with life in Soviet Russia. An entertaining read that offers a glimpse into Russia in the early twentieth century, “I Visit the Soviets - The Provincial Lady in Russia” is worthy of a place on any bookshelf. Edmée Elizabeth Monica Dashwood (1890–1943), better known by as E. M. Delafield, was a famous English author. Read & Co. Classics is proudly republishing these classic novels now in a new edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Read & Co. Classics
• Release date: Sep 8, 2020
• ISBN: 9781528790550

E. M. Delafield

E. M. Delafield (1890-1943) was born in Sussex. Her mother was also a well-known novelist, writing as Mrs Henry de la Pasture, and Delafield chose her pen-name based on a suggestion by her sister Yoé. A debutante in 1909, Delafield was accepted as a postulant by a French religious order in 1911 but decided against joining, a topic she explores in her novel Consequences (1919). Delafield worked as a nurse in a Voluntary Aid Detachment following the outbreak of the First World War, and her first novel Zella Sees Herself was written during this time and published in 1917. Diary of a Provincial Lady, her most successful novel, inspired several sequels and is a tongue-in-cheek portrayal of Delafield herself, written after a request by the editor of Time and Tide for some 'light middles' in serial form.

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