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The Blotting Book is a 1908 mystery crime novel by the British writer E.F. Benson, later better known as the author of the Mapp and Lucia series. It was one of only two ventures he made into the genre during his prolific career along with The Luck of the Vails (1901). It takes place in Brighton and the nearby South Downs.
The Luck of the Vails is a 1901 mystery crime novel by the British writer E.F. Benson, later better known as the author of the Mapp and Lucia series. It was one of only two ventures he made into the genre during his prolific career along with The Blotting Book (1908). In his autobiography Benson numbered it as one of only four of his novels he was satisfied with.
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- ↑ Palmer, Geoffrey; Lloyd, Noel (1988). E.F. Benson, As He Was. Lennard Publishing. pp. 152–153. ISBN 978-1852910600 . Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ↑ Reavell, Cynthia; Reavell, Tony (1991). E.F. Benson Remembered, and the World of Tilling. Headley Brothers Ltd. pp. 87–88. ISBN 0-9506824-38 . Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ↑ Kiernan, Robert F. (1990). Frivolity Unbound: Six Masters of the Camp Novel. Continuum Publishing. pp. 85–89. ISBN 978-0826404657 . Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ↑ "The Book of the Week: Lucia's Progress". Vancouver Sun . 24 August 1935. p. 34. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ↑ "Novels of the Day: Ladies at War". The Sydney Morning Herald . 3 May 1935. p. 7. Retrieved 14 January 2024.