--- title: Lucia's Progress Metadescription: Chapter by chapter summaries of what happens in all thirteen, each one linking straight to the full text. author: E.F. Benson chapters: 13 canonical: https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucias-progress --- Token estimate: ~1,300 # Lucia's Progress E.F. Benson - [Chapter One](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucias-progress/chapter-01) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucias-progress/chapter-01.md)) - Lucia peers through Georgie's window and finds he has grown a grey beard, then plays Bridge with Elizabeth Mapp-Flint and Major Benjy at Mallards. - [Chapter Two](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucias-progress/chapter-02) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucias-progress/chapter-02.md)) - Georgie hides his shingles and new beard at Lucia's Grebe while Elizabeth and Diva puzzle over his drawn blinds, and Lucia profits on Siriami shares. - [Chapter Three](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucias-progress/chapter-03) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucias-progress/chapter-03.md)) - Tilling speculates on Siriami gold shares while Lucia hides Georgie, whose shingles have left him with a beard she dyes auburn. - [Chapter Four](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucias-progress/chapter-04) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucias-progress/chapter-04.md)) - Elizabeth Mapp-Flint stands for Tilling Town Council in place of Major Benjy, and she and Lucia tie last with thirty-nine votes each. - [Chapter Five](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucias-progress/chapter-05) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucias-progress/chapter-05.md)) - Elizabeth Mapp fakes a pregnancy and loses money on gold shares, then accepts Lucia's offer to swap Mallards for Grebe and two thousand pounds. - [Chapter Six](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucias-progress/chapter-06) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucias-progress/chapter-06.md)) - Lucia's house-warming lunch at Mallards reveals Elizabeth faked her pregnancy, and Lucia mistakes a leaking gas pipe for a Roman villa. - [Chapter Seven](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucias-progress/chapter-07) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucias-progress/chapter-07.md)) - Lucia and Georgie excavate her garden for a Roman temple, but the finds turn out to be a Spencer drain tile and an Apollinaris bottle. - [Chapter Eight](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucias-progress/chapter-08) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucias-progress/chapter-08.md)) - Major Benjy gets drunk at Susan Wyse's dinner and, alone with Lucia, offers to sell her Grebe before Elizabeth catches his hand on her knee. - [Chapter Nine](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucias-progress/chapter-09) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucias-progress/chapter-09.md)) - Lucia and Georgie practise the Moonlight Sonata on the organ she gave to Tilling church, then she hosts a dinner that ends the town's feud. - [Chapter Ten](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucias-progress/chapter-10) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucias-progress/chapter-10.md)) - The Bishop dedicates Lucia's new church organ, and she and Georgie secretly play the Moonlight Sonata until Elizabeth spots them at the keys. - [Chapter Eleven](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucias-progress/chapter-11) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucias-progress/chapter-11.md)) - A flood swamps the Mapp-Flints' bungalow, Lucia takes Elizabeth and Major Benjy into Mallards, then is co-opted onto the Town Council. - [Chapter Twelve](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucias-progress/chapter-12) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucias-progress/chapter-12.md)) - Georgie proposes to Lucia and she accepts, and after settling terms they marry in Tilling and honeymoon at Olga Bracely's Riseholme house. - [Chapter Thirteen](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucias-progress/chapter-13) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/lucias-progress/chapter-13.md)) - Lucia accepts the Town Council's offer to become Mayor of Tilling next year, then tries on ceremonial hats with Georgie. --- ## Forthcoming **The Rise of Lucia** by Dan Edwards The nineteen-year-old Emmeline Smith, before she became the formidable Lucia. A prequel to E.F. Benson's Mapp and Lucia series. [Read an extract](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mapp-and-lucia-prequel/chapter-01) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mapp-and-lucia-prequel/chapter-01.md)) ## Articles - [Writing advice from Jane Austen's teacher](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/articles/writing-advice-from-jane-austens-teacher) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/articles/writing-advice-from-jane-austens-teacher.md)) - Hugh Blair wrote the composition textbook Jane Austen's generation learned from. His rules for clear, unaffected prose read like a modern style guide. - [The sex scenes from Fanny Hill](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/articles/fanny-hill-sex-scenes) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/articles/fanny-hill-sex-scenes.md)) - The eleven substantial sex scenes from Fanny Hill (1748), verbatim and in order. Explicit throughout, but Cleland never uses a coarse word. 14,000 words.