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Page 64
... Elizabeth Bowen's gifts , ' lit up ' , said Elizabeth , ' a confidence I never had ' . Rose's kindness showed ' a touch of imaginative genius ' ; and she intro- duced Elizabeth to Naomi Royde - Smith , the editress of the Saturday ...
... Elizabeth Bowen's gifts , ' lit up ' , said Elizabeth , ' a confidence I never had ' . Rose's kindness showed ' a touch of imaginative genius ' ; and she intro- duced Elizabeth to Naomi Royde - Smith , the editress of the Saturday ...
Page 87
... Elizabeth Bowen ; and she was returning to marry her betrothed , a profes- sional educationalist . ' Isn't that rather a mistake perhaps ? ' she remembered me asking her in my impertinently enquiring way . Elizabeth Bowen married Alan ...
... Elizabeth Bowen ; and she was returning to marry her betrothed , a profes- sional educationalist . ' Isn't that rather a mistake perhaps ? ' she remembered me asking her in my impertinently enquiring way . Elizabeth Bowen married Alan ...
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... Elizabeth Bowen : Portrait of a Writer , Victoria Glendinning , 1977. A biography , the first yet published , that both for her shrewd judgements on Elizabeth's character and art , and for the revealing details she has gathered , I ...
... Elizabeth Bowen : Portrait of a Writer , Victoria Glendinning , 1977. A biography , the first yet published , that both for her shrewd judgements on Elizabeth's character and art , and for the revealing details she has gathered , I ...
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PROLOGUE I | 1 |
The Desire to Please | 25 |
The Disinterested Gift | 47 |
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