Whipple, Dorothy. Random Commentary. Michael Joseph, 1966.
72, 60
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Family and Intimate relationships | Hélène Gingold | A niece of HG
, daughter of her brother James (another stockbroker), was Hermione Gingold
, English comedienne and eccentric, who had a flamboyant career on stage and screen and was briefly married to publisher... |
Friends, Associates | Dorothy Whipple | Other speakers who came to stay were J. B. Priestley
and St John Ervine
, who at first talked like a river in spate and ignored his hostess. Later, however, he too, like Priestley, became... |
Literary responses | Penelope Mortimer | The Times judged this novel to be implausible, and its publisher, Michael Joseph
, thought it too cynical and gloomy—yet precisely this black view of marriage made it a success with women in its... |
Publishing | Monica Dickens | When, however, on the same occasion of their first meeting, MD
told Charles Pick
she had been working as a cook-general, he (and later his employer, Michael Joseph
) were eager for her to write... |
Publishing | Dorothy Whipple | DW
's The Other Day, An Autobiography appeared. This book on her childhood years had been commissioned by Michael Joseph
when he first spoke to her about becoming her publisher. Whipple, Dorothy. Random Commentary. Michael Joseph, 1966. 72, 60 “Bowker’s Global Books in Print”. globalbooksinprint.com. |
Publishing | Dorothy Whipple | She had the idea for this book about a country house family, requiring detailed knowledge of cricket, while sitting in the hot sun shortly after her previous novel appeared. The new idea made her pulse... |
Publishing | Dorothy Whipple | She felt at first incapable of writing about herself as a child. I don't know how to write with simplicity and still get some guts into it. She tried to cry off her promise, but... |
Textual Production | Noel Streatfeild | Publisher Michael Joseph
commissioned the book as a children's history for Coronation year. It was illustrated by Dorothea Braby
. Huse, Nancy. Noel Streatfeild. Twayne, 1994. 128-9 British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo. |
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