Mrs. May's Lectures
Author: Thomas Le Breton
Binding: Hardback
Published: HERBERT JENKINS, 1925
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
This satirical fiction title presents a sharp and witty portrait of Mrs. May, a self-appointed moralist whose lectures skewer the social pretensions and domestic absurdities of early 20th-century British life. Thomas Le Breton constructs a series of mock-sermons that illustrate the contradictions and comic hypocrisies of middle-class values, using Mrs. May’s exaggerated propriety as a vehicle for broader cultural critique. The book argues against blind conformity and instructs readers in the art of seeing through social veneers with humor and intelligence. Its episodic structure and biting tone position it within the tradition of Edwardian satire, echoing the likes of Saki and Jerome K. Jerome.
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Author: Thomas Le Breton
Binding: Hardback
Published: HERBERT JENKINS, 1925
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
This satirical fiction title presents a sharp and witty portrait of Mrs. May, a self-appointed moralist whose lectures skewer the social pretensions and domestic absurdities of early 20th-century British life. Thomas Le Breton constructs a series of mock-sermons that illustrate the contradictions and comic hypocrisies of middle-class values, using Mrs. May’s exaggerated propriety as a vehicle for broader cultural critique. The book argues against blind conformity and instructs readers in the art of seeing through social veneers with humor and intelligence. Its episodic structure and biting tone position it within the tradition of Edwardian satire, echoing the likes of Saki and Jerome K. Jerome.
