Although not long, this book is a thorough walk through EM Delafield's not over-eventful life and many works, most of which are never read today. Unfortunately, the biographer, Violet Powell, was a dull writer (her Jane Austen Compendium turns gold into lead). This makes the Delafield book heavier going than it ought to be. She also contrives to insert various quotations from her husband Anthony's better known works, usually irrelevantly. The section on Delafield's trip to the USSR is a bit better than the rest.
Nonetheless, if you are interested in Delafield, this is the only biography around to read. ( )