Provincial Lady Goes Further
Edmée Elizabeth Monica Dashwood, née de la Pasture, and more commonly known as E. M. Delafield, was born in Steyning, Sussex on June 9th, 1890. Raised in the fading years of the Victorian era with its Empire and strict moral codes Delafield, not yet married at twenty-one, joined a French religious order, in Belgium, that she soon decided was a totally wrong choice for her. Her next challenge was...
Edmée Elizabeth Monica Dashwood, née de la Pasture, and more commonly known as E. M. Delafield, was born in Steyning, Sussex on June 9th, 1890. Raised in the fading years of the Victorian era with its Empire and strict moral codes Delafield, not yet married at twenty-one, joined a French religious order, in Belgium, that she soon decided was a totally wrong choice for her. Her next challenge was...
