1970 — 1981

Elizabeth Bowen

Born Jun 7, 1899June 7, 1899·Died Feb 22, 1973February 22, 1973·73 years

Elizabeth Bowen CBE (1899-1973) was an Irish-British novelist and short story writer notable for her books about the "big house" of Irish landed Protestants as well as her fiction about life in wartime London.

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Street Music

1981

Virginia Woolf: A Night's Darkness, A Day's Sail

1970

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