She wrote this book, at least the later parts of it, while she was actually going through the bodily experiences—epilepsy, pregnancy—that it describes.
Evans, Margiad. A Ray of Darkness. Arthur Barker.
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The dedication reads: This manuscript is hopefully and precociously dedicated...
Publishing
Muriel Spark
Spark's first Brontë project was a group biography of the whole family, including the parents. In June 1949 she felt like a pregnant tigress with this work. It was to be published by Lindsay Drummond
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Texts
Evans, Margiad. The Old and the Young. Lindsay Drummond, 1948.