Mrs. Ames by E.F. Benson (2023)

Name: Mrs. Ames
Author: E.F. Benson

Mrs. Ames is a novel written by E.F. Benson and published in 1908. It tells the story of a young woman named Mrs. Ames who lives with her husband, Mr. Ames, in a small English village. The book explores themes such as marriage, love, and social class through the lens of Mrs. Ames's experiences.

By E.F. Benson · First published 2023 · Genre: Comedy, Fiction, Social Commentary · 14 chapters · 110,970 words

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Certainly the breakfast tongue, which was for the first time that morning, was not of the pleasant reddish hue which Mrs. Altham was justified in expecting considering that the delicacy in question was not an ordinary tinned tongue (you had to take things as you found them, if your false sense of economy led you to order tinned goods) but one that came out of a fine glass receptacle with an eminent label on it. It was more of the colour of cold mutton, unattractive if not absolutely unpleasant to the eye, while to the palate it proved to be singularly lacking in flavour.

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Work type: Novel
Author: E.F. Benson
Date: 2023 CE
Language: English
Genres: Comedy, Fiction, Social Commentary
Length: 110,970 words
Structure: 14 chapters, 1,575 paragraphs
Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)

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Comedy — The book is characterized by witty dialogues and often humorous situations, typical characteristics of comedy genre.
Fiction — The story is a created work, not based on a true story, hence it fits into fiction category.
Social Commentary — Mrs. Ames explores the social customs and structures at the beginning of the 20th century England.