Prunella Scales

This is a series of (mainly humorous) vignettes detailing the everyday lives of the inhabitants of a 19th century village.

Emma Woodhouse, who loves to interfere in the romantic affairs of others, is oblivious to the matter of whom she herself should marry – after all she is beautiful, clever, rich, and contentedly single!

Lucia and Mapp's amusing adventures in Tilling continue as the redoubtable pair stand unsuccessfully for election to the Town Council. Lucia enters a too-chaste marriage with Georgie. And after a house swap with the infamous Miss Mapp, Lucia redecorates, only to discover - and then hide - the remains of a Roman villa!

When Lucia Lucas rents a summer place - the home of Miss Elizabeth Mapp - in the English village of Tilling, between Miss Mapp's penchant for spying on neighbours and Lucia's fussy sidekick, Georgie, the stage is set for a battle of wits.

Social climber, Elizabeth Mapp, spends her days spying on her neighbours and scheming about ways of ensnaring Major Benjamin Flint, whom she has been trying to marry for years.