Monica Dickens (1915–1992)
Forfatter af Mariana
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Værker af Monica Dickens
One Pair of Hands | The Happy Prisoner | Mariana | Kate and Emma | One Pair of Feet (1978) 15 eksemplarer
Miracles of Courage: How Families Meet the Challenge of a Child's Critical Illness (1985) 8 eksemplarer
The nightingales are singing 4 eksemplarer
Portobello Road 2 eksemplarer
The end of the line 2 eksemplarer
...Edward's fancy 1 eksemplar
Das Haus am Ende der Welt im Sommer, Winter und Frühling. Vier Romane in einem Band. (1989) 1 eksemplar
One Pair of Feet and One Pair of Hands 1 eksemplar
Coping with my widowhood 1 eksemplar
The Outsider 1 eksemplar
The London of Charles Dickens 1 eksemplar
Storm Ahead 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Mistresses of Mystery: Two Centuries of Suspense Stories by the Gentle Sex (1973) — Bidragyder — 27 eksemplarer
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- Juridisk navn
- Dickens, Monica Enid
- Fødselsdato
- 1915-05-10
- Dødsdag
- 1992-12-25
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Land (til kort)
- England, UK
- Fødested
- London, England, UK
- Dødssted
- Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
- Bopæl
- Londen, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Washington, D.C., VS
Falmouth, Massachusetts, VS
Hinxworth, Hertfordshire, VS - Uddannelse
- St Paul's Girls' School, London
- Erhverv
- cook
nurse
journalist
columnist
writer
fitter (vis alle 7)
debutante - Relationer
- Dickens, Charles (overgrootvader)
Dickens, Cedric (neef) - Organisationer
- National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Samaritans - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Member of the Order of the British Empire (1981)
- Kort biografi
- From the publisher: MONICA DICKENS, born in 1915, was brought up in London. Her mother's German origins and her Catholicism gave her the detached eye of an outsider; at St Paul's Girls' School she was under occupied and rebellious. After drama school she was a debutante before working as a cook. One Pair of Hands (1937), her first book, described life in the kitchens of Kensington. It was the first of a group of semi autobiographies of which Mariana (1940), technically a novel, was one. 'My aim is to entertain rather than instruct,' she wrote. 'I want readers to recognise life in my books.' In 1951 Monica Dickens married a US naval officer, Roy Stratton, moved to America and adopted two daughters. An extremely popular writer, she involved herself in, and wrote about, good causes such as the Samaritans. After her husband died she lived in a cottage in rural Berkshire, dying there in 1992.
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Story about a widow and her three daughters i Name that Book (juni 2013)
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- Popularitet
- #6,552
- Vurdering
- 4.0
- Anmeldelser
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- ISBN
- 287
- Sprog
- 11
- Udvalgt
- 12
I had a little trouble with this book at the beginning because there was too much description and not enough dialogue for me, but that improved. But then I wasn't sure how much I liked it because, until near the end, Mary felt rather distant as a character. Towards the end, though, I really did like it quite a bit. I suspect it's just a matter of personal taste for the narration style.… (mere)