"The Pelicans" by E. M. Delafield is a story set in the early 1900s that follows two orphaned sisters, Rosamund and Frances Grantham, as they grapple with the death of their mother and try to settle into a new reality. After their mother passes away, Lady Argent and her son think about the girls' future, so their resourceful relative, Bertha Tregaskis, steps in to become their guardian. The sisters then experience sharp, opposing feelings as they adapt to Bertha's home and family, which greatly differs from their former life: the new environment causes difficulties to the sisters. Rosamund finds it difficult to cope with the changes and loss of her old life. The story examines how the sisters deal with grief and the challenges of starting over, filled with complex characters that play roles in their lives.
The pelicans
By E. M. Delafield
Orphaned sisters must navigate a new life and challenging emotions as they adjust to a new guardian.
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About the AuthorEdmée Elizabeth Monica Dashwood, née de la Pasture, commonly known as E. M. Delafield, was a prolific English author. She wrote novels, short stories, and plays, among other genres, but Delafield is best known for her largely autobiographical Diary of a Provincial Lady, which took the form of a journal of the life of an upper-middle class Englishwoman living mostly in a Devon village of the 1930s. In sequels, the Provincial Lady buys a flat in London, travels to America and attempts to find war-work during the Phoney War. Delafield's other works include an account of a visit to the Soviet Union, but this is not part of the Provincial Lady series, despite having been reprinted with the title The Provincial Lady in Russia. Delafield is considered by many to have been a master of the comedy of manners.
Edmée Elizabeth Monica Dashwood, née de la Pasture, commonly known as E. M. Delafield, was a prolific English author. She wrote novels, short stories, and plays, among other genres, but Delafield is best known for her largely autobiographical Diary of a Provincial Lady, which took the form of a journal of the life of an upper-middle class Englishwoman living mostly in a Devon village of the 1930s. In sequels, the Provincial Lady buys a flat in London, travels to America and attempts to find war-work during the Phoney War. Delafield's other works include an account of a visit to the Soviet Union, but this is not part of the Provincial Lady series, despite having been reprinted with the title The Provincial Lady in Russia. Delafield is considered by many to have been a master of the comedy of manners.
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