Lady Sylvia Brooke

Lord Esher was succeeded by his elder son, Oliver. He and the brother born next to him were the children on whom the Brett parents lavished their attention and aspirations. While Dorothy and her...

DB 's younger sister, Sylvia, later Lady Brooke , born in 1885, is herself of no minor literary significance. She authored numerous works including two autobiographies, romance novels, and short stories, and claimed J. M. Barrie

Whilst at Garsington, Brett also developed close friendships with Aldous Huxley and his future wife Maria Nys (she was said to have provided the basis for Jenny Mullion in Huxley's first novel, Crome Yellow...

The article seems to set her up for a lifetime of association with famous writers. Whatever Brett's interest in drama, none of her works ever attained the point of production. How this rumour managed to...