E.F. Benson was born at Wellington College in Berkshire, the fifth child of Edward White Benson and Mary Sidgwick Benson.
He is principally known for his Mapp and Lucia series, consisting of six novels about Emmeline "Lucia" Lucas and Elizabeth Mapp. These are: Queen Lucia, Lucia in London, Miss Mapp, Mapp and Lucia, The Worshipful Lucia and Trouble for Lucia. The last three books were serialized by commercial television in the 1980s under the series title "Mapp and Lucia".
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