The freaks of Mayfair

Description

In a series of dry fictional sketches, E.F. Benson introduces the reader to some of the more bizarre inhabitants of Mayfair's Edwardian high society - a world he knew intimately. Each is a distinct reprsentative of an anthropological "type".

Subjects

Fiction Rich people Snobs and snobbishness Social life and customs Manners and customs Fiction, humorous, general London (england), fiction

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