Elizabeth Bowen
Biographic Data
| ID | 4100490 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth Bowen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth |
| FAMILY NAME | Bowen |
| SIGNATURE | BOWEN E |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1929 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Friends and Relations
"During a soft English summer in the 1920s, the Studdart sisters marry and set up house, one in London and one in a country estate. However, things are not as they seem. Using careful, elliptical prose interspersed with quips and populated by memorable characters, Elizabeth Bowen reveals how these seemingly placid lives are anchored in lies"--P. [4] of cover.
People, Places, Things – Essays by Elizabeth Bowen
This volume collects for the first time essays published in British, Irish, and American periodicals during Bowen's lifetime as well as essays which have never been published before. The range of subjects alone makes these essays indispensable reading. Throughout her career, Elizabeth Bowen, the Anglo-Irish novelist and short story writer, also wrote literary essays that display a shrewd, generous intelligence. Always sensitive to underlying tens…
The Bazaar and Other Stories
GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748635726'); This volume brings together the previously uncollected stories of this exceptional modernist writer, from fairy tale to fable and social drama. Covering a range of situations - broken engagements, encounters with ghosts, brushes with crime - these previously uncollected stories demonstrate the virtuosity that characterizes all of Elizabeth Bowen's writing. "The Lost Hope" ranks with the best of …
People, Places, Things
The Little Girls
In 1914 they had been 11 years old; three girls at St Agatha's, a day school on the South Coast. Fifty years later, Dinah, beautiful as ever, advertises in the newspapers to find the other two - Clare, now established with a successful business, and Sheila, a married woman, glossy and correct
The Last September
Lois lives at the big house in Ireland, where tennis parties and dances are part of everyday life for the affluent Anglo-Irish community. However, this is the 1920s and times are changing. One violent act will soon change this place forever
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The Last September
Lois lives at the big house in Ireland, where tennis parties and dances are part of everyday life for the affluent Anglo-Irish community. However, this is the 1920s and times are changing. One violent act will soon change this place forever
The Little Girls
In 1914 they had been 11 years old; three girls at St Agatha's, a day school on the South Coast. Fifty years later, Dinah, beautiful as ever, advertises in the newspapers to find the other two - Clare, now established with a successful business, and Sheila, a married woman, glossy and correct
People, Places, Things – Essays by Elizabeth Bowen
This volume collects for the first time essays published in British, Irish, and American periodicals during Bowen's lifetime as well as essays which have never been published before. The range of subjects alone makes these essays indispensable reading. Throughout her career, Elizabeth Bowen, the Anglo-Irish novelist and short story writer, also wrote literary essays that display a shrewd, generous intelligence. Always sensitive to underlying tens…
The Bazaar and Other Stories
GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748635726'); This volume brings together the previously uncollected stories of this exceptional modernist writer, from fairy tale to fable and social drama. Covering a range of situations - broken engagements, encounters with ghosts, brushes with crime - these previously uncollected stories demonstrate the virtuosity that characterizes all of Elizabeth Bowen's writing. "The Lost Hope" ranks with the best of …
People, Places, Things
Friends and Relations
"During a soft English summer in the 1920s, the Studdart sisters marry and set up house, one in London and one in a country estate. However, things are not as they seem. Using careful, elliptical prose interspersed with quips and populated by memorable characters, Elizabeth Bowen reveals how these seemingly placid lives are anchored in lies"--P. [4] of cover.
History (4 works) · Art history (3 works) · Fiction (3 works) · Fiction (3 works) · Irish and British Studies (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author) (2 works) · England (2 works) · English fiction (2 works)