The War-Workers

E.M. Delafield, the pen name of Edmée Elizabeth Monica Dashwood, née de la Pasture, was a prolific English author, best known for her largely autobiographical 'Diary of a Provincial Lady' series, which satirically depicted the life of an upper-middle-class Englishwoman in the 1930s. Born on June 9, 1890, in Steyning, Sussex, Delafield was the daughter of the novelist Mrs. Henry de la Pasture. Dela...