Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
H. G. Wells
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Standard Name: Wells, H. G.
HGW
began writing in his childhood and publishing just before the close of the nineteenth century. He was a journalist, novelist, historian and autobiographer, whose favourite fictional genres are science fiction on one hand and on the other realistic explorations of social and political conditions, including women's issues.
In tone Taken Care Of is sometimes bitter or self-justifying, but it is a virtuoso performance. ES
goes into detail about her childhood and her friendships, quotes lavishly from her poems, and ends on her...
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Elizabeth von Arnim
As well as dealing frankly with many of the difficulties in her married life, this book also treats her affair with H. G. Wells
.
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Dorothy Richardson
This segment of Pilgrimage has Miriam, now twenty-eight, sharing a Bloomsbury flat with Selina Holland, a demanding spinster who disapproves of the younger woman's attachments to men. At this point, Miriam's relationship with writer Hypo...
RW
spent some months in Italy with her lover, H. G. Wells
.
Rollyson, Carl. Rebecca West: A Saga of the Century. Hodder and Stoughton.
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Dorothy Richardson
After miscarrying her child by H. G. Wells
, DR
took a leave from her job to holiday at Pevensey in Sussex for several weeks.
Fromm, Gloria G. Dorothy Richardson: A Biography. University of Illinois Press.
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Rebecca West
RW
and H. G. Wells
set out on a trip to Seville, Madrid, and Paris.
Rollyson, Carl. Rebecca West: A Saga of the Century. Hodder and Stoughton.
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Rebecca West
After parting with Wells
, RW
travelled extensively, holidaying in Italy and the south of France, and returning to the United States.
Rollyson, Carl. Rebecca West: A Saga of the Century. Hodder and Stoughton.
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Amber Reeves
AR
and Wells
eloped briefly to Le Touquet before Reeves' marriage was arranged and Wells went back to his family. She then spent some time lying low in an English country cottage found for her...
