E. F. Benson

thumb|E.F. Benson, 1902 Edward Frederic Benson, known as E.F. Benson, (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer. Quotes Queen Lucia (1920) E. F. Benson (1920), Queen Lucia THOUGH the sun was hot on this July morning Mrs Lucas preferred to cover the half-mile that lay between the station and her house on her own brisk feet, and sent on her maid and her luggage in the fly that her husband had ordered to meet her. . p. 7. The hours of the morning between breakfast and lunch were the time which the inhabitants of Riseholme chiefly devoted to spying on each other p. 43. Vermouth always makes me brilliant unless it makes me idiotic, but we'll hope for the best. p. 222. External links Edward Frederic Benson Author:Edward Frederic Benson Category:Horror authors Category:Biographers from England Category:Memoirists from England Category:Novelists from England Category:Short story writers from England Category:Archaeologists from England Category:LGBT people Category:1867 births Category:1940 deaths Category:Historians from England Category:Non-fiction authors from England Category:Essayists from England Category:University of Cambridge alumni Category:Deaths from disease