Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
E. F. Benson
Born: July 24, 1867
Died: February 29, 1940 (aged 72)
Bio: Edward Frederic Benson was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist and short story writer, known professionally as E. F. Benson. His friends called him Fred.
Known for:
- Queen Lucia (1920)
- Miss Mapp (1922)
- Lucia in London (1927)
- Worshipful Lucia (1935)
- Trouble for Lucia (1939)