Before publication, the US manager of Oxford University Press
had written to praise the book's amazing English quality of permanence and repose, and to enquire for information about the author.
Lindsay, Gillian. Flora Thompson: The Story of the Lark Rise Writer. Hale.
Richard Cobbold
, son of Elizabeth Cobbold
, and rector of Wortham, published a fictionalised treatment of MC
's life in 1845 entitled The History of Margaret Catchpole, a Suffolk Girl. It was...
Family and Intimate relationships
Anne Ridler
Anne Bradby
married Vivian Ridler
, although their wedding plans were much overshadowed by the international situation,
Ridler, Anne. Memoirs. The Perpetua Press, p. 240 pp.
116
and the bridegroom had been given notice at Oxford University Press
on account of his engagement.
Ridler, Anne. Memoirs. The Perpetua Press, p. 240 pp.
114-15
Backscheider, Paula R., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 27. Gale Research.
27: 299
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Alicia D'Anvers
Her father, Samuel Clarke, a former Beadle of Law and first director of printing at Oxford University Press
(architypographus), died when his daughter Alice was still a toddler. He was celebrated for his...
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Charles Cannan
Family and Intimate relationships
Anne Ridler
Anne Bradby first met Vivian Ridler
on her twenty-fifth birthday. He then had a job with the printing side of Oxford University Press
, but was also operating a private press with a friend, David Bland
Family and Intimate relationships
Joanna Cannan
Her father, Charles Cannan
, was an academic whose subject was classics. Having been a Fellow for twelve years before Joanna was born, he also became Dean of Trinity College, Oxford
, and in 1898...
Family and Intimate relationships
Anne Ridler
It was suggested to Vivian Ridler that he was indicating insufficient commitment; personal relations within the Press appear to have had something to do with it. He found another job setting up a private press...
Cannan, May, and Bevil Quiller-Couch. “Editorial Materials”. The Tears of War, edited by Charlotte Fyfe, Cavalier Books, p. Various pages.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Family and Intimate relationships
May Cannan
One of MC
's three best friends was almost certainly Bevil Quiller-Couch
, son of her father's ex-pupil and close friend Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
. The father, called Q, was a leader in the...
Family and Intimate relationships
Kamila Shamsie
As a result of her work as a reviewer, Muneeza was approached by Oxford University Press
to put together A Dragonfly in the Sun, an anthology of Pakistani literature written in English, commissioned for...
Family and Intimate relationships
Kamila Shamsie
KS
has one sister, Saman Shamsie
, who is two years her senior.
Shamsie, Kamila. “Writers’ Holiday Photos: Postcards from My Past”. The Guardian.
She has named Saman as the person to whom she is closest.
Thorpe, Vanessa. “Kamila Shamsie: Being a UK citizen makes me feel more able to take part in the conversation”. The Guardian.
Saman graduated from Allegheny College
in Pennsylvania in 1992, and...
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