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The narrative follows a lively young woman whose impulsive tastes and mischievous charm disrupt conventional social routines as she navigates family gatherings, romances, and outings. Episodes range from comic encounters at the zoo to domestic teas, exposing tensions between natural impulse and social expectation. The tone combines light satire of polite society with affectionate character studies, tracing shifting alliances, flirtations, and small reversals that reveal personal foibles and loyalties. Scenes are vivid and humorous, structured around social events that move the plot and illuminate contrasts between spirited individuality and genteel propriety.

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Title: Daisy's Aunt

Author: E. F. Benson

Release date: May 31, 2009 [eBook #28999]

Language: English

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Daisy's Aunt

By E. F. BENSON







THOMAS NELSON AND SONS
LONDON, EDINBURGH, DUBLIN,
LEEDS, AND NEW YORK
LEIPZIG: 35-37 Königstrasse.      PARIS: 61 Rue des Saints Pères.




First Published May 1910.




BY THE SAME AUTHOR

THE
PRINCESS SOPHIA

Price 7d. net

     In this work faithful realism and a true vein of poetic romance are subtly blended.




CONTENTS

ChapterI...... 7
ChapterII...... 27
ChapterIII...... 42
ChapterIV...... 56
ChapterV...... 70
ChapterVI...... 79
ChapterVII...... 95
ChapterVIII...... 110
ChapterIX...... 118
ChapterX...... 147
ChapterXI...... 165
ChapterXII...... 182
ChapterXIII...... 197
ChapterXIV...... 215
ChapterXV...... 227
ChapterXVI...... 240
ChapterXVII...... 247
ChapterXVIII...... 263
ChapterXIX...... 277
ChapterXX...... 286
ChapterXXI...... 293
ChapterXXII...... 308
ChapterXXIII...... 320
ChapterXXIV...... 333
ChapterXXV...... 344
ChapterXXVI...... 357
ChapterXXVII...... 365