DW
's next novel, Creatures of an Hour, which also appeared in 1933 (title adapted from a love-poem by Keats
), was her last before she switched, in 1934, her publisher from Ernest Benn
Reception
Doreen Wallace
She presented a copy of each of her books to her husband
, inscribed: R. H. Rash, with love from the author.
Shepherd, June. Doreen Wallace, 1897-1989: Writer and Social Campaigner. Edwin Mellen Press.
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But he and most of her family never read her books, though...
Literary responses
Margery Allingham
MA
's agent Paul Reynolds
, calling it a satire of Victorian life,
Martin, Richard. Ink in Her Blood: The Life and Crime Fiction of Margery Allingham. UMI Research Press.
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doubted this book would suit the American taste. Sure enough, the New York Times gave it a very unfavourable review to...
Literary responses
Margery Allingham
The review in British Book News noted the psychological depth of this novel was unusual for MA
, but not wholly new, in that she had already experimented with this kind of exploration in The...
Friends, Associates
Theodora Benson
TB
enjoyed a wide circle of friends both literary and non-literary. The former included Rose Macaulay
and Howard Spring
. She met her future collaborator Betty Askwith
(daughter of an old friend of her mother's)...