--- title: Mapp and Lucia 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/mapp-and-lucia --- Token estimate: ~1,300 # Mapp and Lucia E.F. Benson - [Chapter One](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mapp-and-lucia/chapter-01) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mapp-and-lucia/chapter-01.md)) - Still in mourning at Riseholme, Lucia turns down Daisy Quantock's fête role, then spots Miss Mapp's advert letting Mallards in Tilling. - [Chapter Two](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mapp-and-lucia/chapter-02) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mapp-and-lucia/chapter-02.md)) - Lucia and Georgie arrive in Tilling, where Lucia rents Mallards from Miss Mapp for fifteen guineas, and Georgie decides to take the cottage next door. - [Chapter Three](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mapp-and-lucia/chapter-03) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mapp-and-lucia/chapter-03.md)) - Georgie takes Mallards Cottage in Tilling as Miss Mapp watches jealously, then Lucia takes over Daisy Quantock's fête and plays Queen Elizabeth herself. - [Chapter Four](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mapp-and-lucia/chapter-04) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mapp-and-lucia/chapter-04.md)) - Lucia orders the gardener Coplen to stop serving Elizabeth Mapp, and breaks the news to Georgie that his maid Foljambe is marrying Cadman. - [Chapter Five](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mapp-and-lucia/chapter-05) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mapp-and-lucia/chapter-05.md)) - Elizabeth breaks Lucia's door chain, then secretly rejects Lucia and Georgie's paintings before Mr Wyse exposes the fraud. - [Chapter Six](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mapp-and-lucia/chapter-06) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mapp-and-lucia/chapter-06.md)) - Lucia fakes influenza and sends Georgie away to avoid speaking Italian with Contessa Amelia, then Miss Mapp spots her skipping from the church tower. - [Chapter Seven](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mapp-and-lucia/chapter-07) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mapp-and-lucia/chapter-07.md)) - Lucia buys Grebe and decides to settle in Tilling for good, breaking the news to Georgie, who sells his Riseholme house and leases Mallards Cottage. - [Chapter Eight](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mapp-and-lucia/chapter-08) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mapp-and-lucia/chapter-08.md)) - Elizabeth mocks Lucia by calling to Georgie in baby-talk from her window while Lucia sits in the car below, and war begins. - [Chapter Nine](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mapp-and-lucia/chapter-09) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mapp-and-lucia/chapter-09.md)) - Elizabeth overhears Lucia mocking her baby-talk speech, then Lucia's rival dinner empties Elizabeth's bridge party an hour early. - [Chapter Ten](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mapp-and-lucia/chapter-10) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mapp-and-lucia/chapter-10.md)) - Miss Mapp sneaks into Lucia's kitchen to copy the lobster recipe, then the flood sweeps both women out to sea on an upturned kitchen-table. - [Chapter Eleven](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mapp-and-lucia/chapter-11) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mapp-and-lucia/chapter-11.md)) - Lucia and Elizabeth are presumed drowned, so Georgie inherits Grebe and £80,000 while Major Benjy inherits Mallards and £10,000. - [Chapter Twelve](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mapp-and-lucia/chapter-12) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mapp-and-lucia/chapter-12.md)) - Lucia and Elizabeth return to Tilling alive after months lost at sea, and Elizabeth evicts Major Benjy from Mallards. - [Chapter Thirteen](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mapp-and-lucia/chapter-13) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/mapp-and-lucia/chapter-13.md)) - Elizabeth forgives Major Benjy, gets engaged to him and stages a lecture against Lucia's, then her stolen lobster recipe exposes her at lunch. --- ## 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.