Molly Keane (1904 - 1996) was an Irish novelist and playwright (born in County Kildare) most famous for Good Behaviour which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Hailed as the Irish Nancy Mitford in her day; as well as writing books she was the leading playwright of the 30s, her work directed b...

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1. Verfasser:	Phipps, Sally 1940- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London Virago Press 2017
Ausgabe:	Paperback edition
Schlagworte:	Keane, Molly > 1904-1996 Geschichte 1900-2000 Keane, Molly / 1904-1996 Women authors, Irish / 20th century / Biography Authors, Irish / 20th century / Biography Authors, Irish Women authors, Irish 1900-1999 Biographies Biography Biografie
Zusammenfassung:	Molly Keane (1904 - 1996) was an Irish novelist and playwright (born in County Kildare) most famous for Good Behaviour which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Hailed as the Irish Nancy Mitford in her day; as well as writing books she was the leading playwright of the 30s, her work directed by John Gielgud. Between 1928 and 1956, she wrote eleven novels, and some of her earlier plays, under the pseudonym M.J. Farrell. In 1981, aged seventy, she published Good Behaviour under her own name. The manuscript, which had languished in a drawer for many years, was lent to a visitor, the actress Peggy Ashcroft, who encouraged Keane to publish it. Here, for the first time, is Kean'es biography and, written by one of her two daughters, it provides an honest portrait of a fascinating, complicated woman who was a brilliant writer and a portrait of the Anglo-Irish world of the first half of the twentieth century
Beschreibung:	Includes index Illustration on lining papers
Beschreibung:	xiv, 338 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln Illustrationen, Portraits 24 cm
ISBN:	9780349007526 0349007527