Benjamin Grad

DR became friends with a fellow-roomer in her Bloomsbury boarding house, Benjamin Grad , a young Russian Jew. She gave him lessons in English and they explored the streets of London together. He also had...

Initially, DR was moved by her friend's attentions. However, when Leslie-Jones began to make serious demands on the time and attention Richardson wanted to devote to writing in particular, she regained her independence by urging...

The action takes place in Edwardian London, a world of Fabian socialism and suffragettes, and the novel was shaped by Richardson's early years in London and her relationship with Benjamin Grad .

The working title of the book was first Amabel, then Earthenware. It catalogues the dynamics of Miriam's affair with her lover Hypo Wilson. Miriam, in her early thirties, returns from her holiday...

She left the city for this holiday the same month that two of her closest friends, Veronica Leslie-Jones and Benjamin Grad , accepted her strong advice to marry each other. It was while in Switzerland...