--- title: Trouble for Lucia Metadescription: Chapter by chapter summaries of what happens in all twelve, each one linking straight to the full text. author: E.F. Benson chapters: 12 canonical: https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/trouble-for-lucia --- Token estimate: ~1,300 # Trouble for Lucia E.F. Benson - [Chapter One](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/trouble-for-lucia/chapter-01) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/trouble-for-lucia/chapter-01.md)) - Lucia debates keeping her daily marketing as Mayor of Tilling while Georgie unveils a ruby velvet dinner suit and the town asks who her Mayoress will be. - [Chapter Two](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/trouble-for-lucia/chapter-02) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/trouble-for-lucia/chapter-02.md)) - Lucia, Mayor-elect of Tilling, needs a Mayoress, and after Diva, Mr Wyse, the Padre and Major Benjy all lobby, she waits for Elizabeth to beg. - [Chapter Three](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/trouble-for-lucia/chapter-03) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/trouble-for-lucia/chapter-03.md)) - Elizabeth tells Tilling that Lucia begged her to be Mayoress, then Major Benjy sets out to horsewhip the Argus editor over Irene's photo of her. - [Chapter Four](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/trouble-for-lucia/chapter-04) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/trouble-for-lucia/chapter-04.md)) - Lucia bans playing bridge for money and puts Georgie up for the Town Council seat against Elizabeth Mapp-Flint, who wins by 805 votes to 421. - [Chapter Five](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/trouble-for-lucia/chapter-05) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/trouble-for-lucia/chapter-05.md)) - Lucia returns to Bridge for money and fakes Blue Birdie's disappearance at Susan's séance, then Elizabeth's false teeth arrive by mistake. - [Chapter Six](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/trouble-for-lucia/chapter-06) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/trouble-for-lucia/chapter-06.md)) - Lucia loses control of her new bicycle down Landgate Street and insists on being summoned before her own court for dangerous riding. - [Chapter Seven](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/trouble-for-lucia/chapter-07) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/trouble-for-lucia/chapter-07.md)) - Elizabeth pockets the silver cap of Benjy's riding-whip at dinner, so Lucia has a replica made and plants it behind Diva's cupboard to be found. - [Chapter Eight](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/trouble-for-lucia/chapter-08) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/trouble-for-lucia/chapter-08.md)) - Lucia and Georgie attend Olga's box at the Covent Garden premiere of Cortese's Lucrezia, sharing it with the Duchess of Sheffield, Poppy. - [Chapter Nine](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/trouble-for-lucia/chapter-09) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/trouble-for-lucia/chapter-09.md)) - Lucia talks her way into Sheffield Castle after the party is cancelled, but Poppy turns her away, and she returns to find Olga alone with Georgie. - [Chapter Ten](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/trouble-for-lucia/chapter-10) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/trouble-for-lucia/chapter-10.md)) - Irene paints Lucia in Mayoral robes, Elizabeth's committee rejects it for the Town Hall, and Lucia snatches the novelist Susan Leg from Elizabeth. - [Chapter Eleven](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/trouble-for-lucia/chapter-11) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/trouble-for-lucia/chapter-11.md)) - Elizabeth's committee leads the Council to reject Lucia's portrait, Poppy fails to recognise Lucia, then she hosts Poppy but nobody believes it. - [Chapter Twelve](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/trouble-for-lucia/chapter-12) ([Markdown](https://fourhandspress.co.uk/books/trouble-for-lucia/chapter-12.md)) - Nobody believes the Duchess stayed with Lucia, so she insults all of Tilling after church, then Poppy returns to Mallards and proves it. --- ## 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.