Though she has had no academic attention until very recently, EHY
appealed to a wide readership. Her works remained steadily in print during her lifetime. Writers of blurbs for her covers included E. M. Delafield
Performance of text
E. H. Young
The actress Gladys Young
read aloud on a BBC
radio programme an unascribed story about a haunted country house which was apparently by her sister EHY
.
Mezei, Kathy, and Chiara Briganti. “’She must be a very good novelist’: Rereading E. H. Young (1880-1949)”. English Studies in Canada, Vol.
27
, No. 3, pp. 303-31.
312
Family and Intimate relationships
E. H. Young
Her sister Gladys Young
had a successful career as a radio actress; she often read from EHY
's work on the air.
Mezei, Kathy, and Chiara Briganti. “’She must be a very good novelist’: Rereading E. H. Young (1880-1949)”. English Studies in Canada, Vol.