DIARY OF A PROVINCIAL LADY Jilly Cooper wrote the Introduction Nicholas Bentley drew the picturesWhen Diary of a Provincial Lady was first published in 1930, critics on both sides of the Atlantic greeted it with enthusiasm. This charming, delightful and extremely funny book about daily life in a frugal English household was named by booksellers as the out of print novel most deserving of republication. This is a gently self effacing, dry witted tale of a long suffering and disaster prone Devon lady of the 1930s. A story of provincial social