The fire drove her husband
into full-scale nervous breakdown; he was not expected to recover, though he did. RG
on the contrary at once began reckoning the disadvantages, for a writer, of a large establishment...
Family and Intimate relationships
Rumer Godden
RG
married James Haynes-Dixon
as her second husband at a London registry office; she had not wanted to marry again, but James presented her with an ultimatum: marriage or parting.
Simpson, Hassell A. Rumer Godden. Twayne, 1973.
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Godden, Rumer. A House with Four Rooms. Macmillan, 1989.
Godden, Rumer. A House with Four Rooms. Macmillan, 1989.
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Publishing
Rumer Godden
RG
's peppery agent, Spencer Curtis Brown
, found it hard to take her second marriage and eventually had a fist-fight with James Haynes-Dixon
outside the Ritz Grill in London. After this they did...
Textual Features
Rumer Godden
This continues her story of her personal and writing life up to the time of James Haynes-Dixon
's death and her decision to move to Scotland. The four rooms are those of physical, mental, emotional...
Travel
Rumer Godden
Just after moving house for the second time together, RG
and James Haynes-Dixon
went on holiday to the Italian lake country. Crossing the Alps, they made the first of many visits to the Grand...