What: A closed society on the break of great financial uncertainty -- sound relatable? But make it funny.
A chatty semi-autobiographical narrator bridges the gap between 1930 and us. Perhaps the gap never was that big in the first place.
Representative quote: “Realise that this mis-statement should be corrected at once, but omit to do so, and later find myself involved in entirely unintentional web of falsehood. Should like to work out how far morally to blame for this state of things, but have not time.”
How to get it: E.M. Delafield's Diary of a Provincial Lady has never been out of print, but you can also get the ebook.
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