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Dorothy Black (1) (1890–1977)

Auteur de Letters of an Indian Judge to an English Gentlewoman

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104+ oeuvres 231 utilisateurs 4 critiques 1 Favoris

Œuvres de Dorothy Black

Letters of an Indian Judge to an English Gentlewoman (1934) — Auteur — 97 exemplaires
The Foot of the Rainbow (1961) 3 exemplaires
All Love Excelling (1937) 2 exemplaires
White Woman (1938) 2 exemplaires
Someday I'll Find You (1934) 2 exemplaires
What No Man Knows (1935) 2 exemplaires
The Magic Egg (1922) 2 exemplaires
Romance - The Loveliest Thing (1925) 2 exemplaires
Paradise for Two (1963) 2 exemplaires
Mistress of Skula (1968) 2 exemplaires
Dance, Little Lady (1940) 2 exemplaires
First Love (1940) 2 exemplaires
Lovers (1939) 2 exemplaires
If Sorrow Follows After (1938) 2 exemplaires
Odd Job Man (1938) 2 exemplaires
The Hidden Heart (1947) 2 exemplaires
Corner House (1937) 2 exemplaires
Summer's End (1937) 2 exemplaires
The Pineapple Garden (1935) 2 exemplaires
The Loving Adventure (1934) 2 exemplaires
Idle Women (1928) 2 exemplaires
The Man with a Square Face (1916) 2 exemplaires
Her Lonely Soldier (1916) 2 exemplaires
Women Men Forget (1931) 2 exemplaires
Amri Clare (1932) 2 exemplaires
Love in Exile (1936) 2 exemplaires
The Spring Returns (1935) 2 exemplaires
The Broken Lute (1935) 2 exemplaires
Love Came Late (1935) 2 exemplaires
If I Should Lose You (1937) 2 exemplaires
O Come, My Love (1967) 1 exemplaire
Luxury Cruise (1967) 1 exemplaire
As Only Love Can Do (1967) 1 exemplaire
Wild Gold Rose (1967) 1 exemplaire
Return to Glenfern (1965) 1 exemplaire
The Winter Wind (1967) 1 exemplaire
A Letter to My Love (1966) 1 exemplaire
When Love is True (1963) 1 exemplaire
As Long as You Need Me (1964) 1 exemplaire
And Love Forever New (1964) 1 exemplaire
Love Endureth (1968) 1 exemplaire
The Captain's Wife (1963) 1 exemplaire
Sisters Three (1966) 1 exemplaire
One Day in Spring (1969) 1 exemplaire
There is a Love for Everyone (1968) 1 exemplaire
Where Love Is (1974) 1 exemplaire
Wise Folly (1933) 1 exemplaire
To Meet My Love (1950) 1 exemplaire
Life's little day 1 exemplaire
Told in the Sunshine (1917) 1 exemplaire
It Had to be You (1974) 1 exemplaire
From Faraway (1974) 1 exemplaire
Flower of the Snow (1973) 1 exemplaire
Make This My Home (1963) 1 exemplaire
Love Belongs to Everyone (1972) 1 exemplaire
Heritage of Love (1971) 1 exemplaire
Romantic Stranger (1970) 1 exemplaire
I Will Remember (1970) 1 exemplaire
In a Little Spanish Town (1962) 1 exemplaire
Love Must Be Wise (1969) 1 exemplaire
Midsummer Magic (1969) 1 exemplaire
A Sprig of Heather (1962) 1 exemplaire
Life with Money (1960) 1 exemplaire
The Imprudent Princess (1961) 1 exemplaire
The Gay Adventure (1945) 1 exemplaire
Peacock Pie (1952) 1 exemplaire
We'll Meet Again (1951) 1 exemplaire
The Stag at Bay (1950) 1 exemplaire
The One I Love (1950) 1 exemplaire
The Broken Moon (1949) 1 exemplaire
Song Before Dawn (1948) 1 exemplaire
Last Love (1946) 1 exemplaire
Fantastic Journey (1944) 1 exemplaire
My Love for You (1953) 1 exemplaire
Alone Am I (1944) 1 exemplaire
The Sun is Near (1943) 1 exemplaire
Burmese Picnic (1943) 1 exemplaire
My Love Belongs to Me (1942) 1 exemplaire
Two for Mirth (1942) 1 exemplaire
Never Leave Me (1941) 1 exemplaire
Sailor, Sailor! (1941) 1 exemplaire
Well Done, Belinda! (1952) 1 exemplaire
The Blackthorn Winter (1953) 1 exemplaire
Hold in Your Keeping (1961) 1 exemplaire
Afraid to Love (1958) 1 exemplaire
The Quiet Waters (1961) 1 exemplaire
Young Doctor Shannon (1961) 1 exemplaire
The Orange Robe (1960) 1 exemplaire
The Unforgettable Miss Jones (1960) 1 exemplaire
The Long Day Done (1959) 1 exemplaire
Where No Love Is (1959) 1 exemplaire
The Loveless Marriage (1958) 1 exemplaire
Love Locked Out (1958) 1 exemplaire
Three Lame Men (1954) 1 exemplaire
Gentle Stranger (1956) 1 exemplaire
Forsaking All Others (1956) 1 exemplaire
The House Without Doors (1955) 1 exemplaire
The Trees Were Green (1955) 1 exemplaire
The Blue Orchid (1955) 1 exemplaire
Follow Your Heart (1954) 1 exemplaire
Candles in the Dark (1954) 1 exemplaire
The Uphill Road (1957) 1 exemplaire

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Nom légal
Black MacLeish, Dorothy Delius Allan
Autres noms
Black, Dorothy
Delius, Peter
Date de naissance
1890-03-27
Date de décès
1977
Sexe
female
Nationalité
UK
Lieu de naissance
Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
Lieu du décès
Scotland, UK
Lieux de résidence
Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
Burma
Scotland, UK
Relations
Delius, Clare (mother)
Delius, Frederick (uncle)
Organisations
Romantic Novelists' Association (vice-president)
Courte biographie
Dorothy Delius Allan Black was born on 1890 in Bradford, Yorkshire. She was the daughter of Clare Edith Delius (1866–1954) and her husband J. W. A. Black, who were married in 1889. Her mother's brother was the famous composer Frederick Delius (1862–1934). She was married with Hugh MacLeish in 1916.

She started to write very young, and her first novels were published in 1916. She used her maiden name Dorothy Black and the male pseudonym Peter Delius. At first, she wrote different types of books, including poetry and children's fiction, before concentrating on romance fiction. She travelled widely, seeking inspiration for her books set in different parts of the world. In 1943 she published anonymously Letters of an Indian Judge to an English Gentlewoman, later reprinted under her name. During the summer of 1949, she assisted the writer Marion Crawford, who was writing a series of features on life with Princess Margaret. In 1960 she wrote her autobiography The Foot of the Rainbow. In total, she published over a hundred novels and several short stories.

Dorothy Black became a vice-president of the Romantic Novelists' Association, along with Barbara Cartland. She passed away in 1977 in Scotland.

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A simply brilliant book one of my very favourites
 
Signalé
fross | 2 autres critiques | Jan 8, 2015 |
First published in 1934, this book purports to be the letters of an Indian lawyer who eventually becomes a judge, to an English woman he met only once at a party. The letters reveal the prejudices common in India and Burma at the time and the writer's firm belief that Colonial rule by sympathetic English men would be the best thing fior these countries. We only have the Indian's letters to read, which are also full of his family, his traditional superstitious wife, and his sons, one of whom goes to Cambridge like his father. I started this book hoping to get a slice of life as it was in Colonial times from the other point of view, of one of its inhabitants. Having a father who grew up in Burma and India at the same time this book was written, I had some familiarity with the era, so I could not shake off the feeling that these letters must have been heavily edited. I also could not quite believe that a memsahib of the Raj would have kept up such a long correspondence. And so, it turns out that the book was written by Dorothy Black, a successful romance writer. She did spend many years in Burma and was not typical of the English women there, as she hated the snobbishness and formality. I think she wrote this book in the persona of the English woman at the party, making up the judge's letters to reflect her political views. Views that were very pro Colonial nonetheless, and perhaps a little condescendingly paternalistic. But I am looking at this eighty years later, after WWIl, after Independence and after Burma's military dictatorship and its demise. Interestingly, my copy is from 1978, a year after she died and it does not credit her as the author although the book has been re-issued under her name.… (plus d'informations)
 
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kerry1897 | 2 autres critiques | Jan 23, 2014 |
Dorothy Black (1890-1977) admits in her autobiography that she had no formal and very little informal education, couldn't spell, hated authority and was a wilful child, but from a young age she had, as she put it, 'a talent to amuse.' She could tell a good story, and by her late teens was already earning a very good living writing serial romance novels. Her life changed when she married a man she hardly knew and went to live with him in Burma.
Her autobiography is written in an impressionistic style, with descriptions of Burmese village life, boat trips and the travails of coping with the weather and snobbishness of the country but is short on details of the strange relationship with her husband. The love of her life, not her husband, is coyly referred to as A. and apart from a few lines describing his death we know very little of their short time together. She comes across as a strong individual who made choices influenced by her Victorian upbringing but had the sense to ignore idiotic advice when she was older. I was left wanting to know so much more about her.… (plus d'informations)
 
Signalé
kerry1897 | Jan 22, 2014 |
As the title implies, this book consists of a series of letters written by an Indian judge to an English lady. We do not see her replies to his letters, but we do see his responses to comments she has made. This gives us the sense of being a voyeur, peeking into the lives of the judge and his family. This book has an old-world charm to it that you rarely, if ever, see in modern novels and, lacking all the swearing, sex and gore so common to todays novels, it makes a nice change for evening reading.… (plus d'informations)
 
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seldombites | 2 autres critiques | Feb 22, 2012 |

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Membres
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Popularité
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Évaluation
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Critiques
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ISBN
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