Dorothy Lambert (1884–1967)
Auteur de Much Dithering
Œuvres de Dorothy Lambert
Scotch mist 2 exemplaires
Taken at the Flood 2 exemplaires
Emergency exit 2 exemplaires
Elizabeth who wouldn't 1 exemplaire
Staying put 1 exemplaire
The stolen days 1 exemplaire
Two birds and a stone 1 exemplaire
Golden grove 1 exemplaire
Fish out of water 1 exemplaire
Nothing to forgive 1 exemplaire
All I desire 1 exemplaire
Aunts in Arcady 1 exemplaire
Travelling Light 1 exemplaire
Independence 1 exemplaire
Invitation 1 exemplaire
Rescuing Anne 1 exemplaire
Strange lover 1 exemplaire
Moons and magpies 1 exemplaire
Three meet 1 exemplaire
Birds on the wing 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Autres noms
- Irwin, Alicia Dorothea
- Date de naissance
- 1884-02-17
- Date de décès
- 1967-05-28
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Ireland UK
- Lieu de naissance
- County Cork, Ireland
- Lieu du décès
- Dover, Kent, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Shepherdswell, England, UK
Bombay, India - Professions
- novelist
playwright
romance novelist - Courte biographie
- Dorothy Lambert was born Alicia Dorothea Irwin in County Cork, Ireland. She grew up at Roskeen, her family's Georgian country house near Mallow.
In 1906, she married Eric Lambert, a solicitor. Soon after their marriage, the couple sailed to Bombay, India, where their daughter was born. Dorothy returned to Cork for the birth in 1913 of their son, who only lived for a few months. The Lamberts were both back in India at the outbreak of World War I, during which Eric served in the army. After the war, they moved to England, where Eric became a partner in a firm of Dover solicitors.
The family lived in Shepherdswell, where Dorothy and her family immersed themselves in the social and cultural life of the village. This included putting on numerous theatrical entertainments, including some plays written by Dorothy herself.
Her novel-writing career began at age 43, and ultimately included 27 books, the last published in 1953. Many of them were romance novels that incorporated humor, such as Much Dithering (1938).
Membres
Critiques
Much Dithering par Dorothy Lambert
Humorous romantic misunderstandings in an English village, with a very satisfying ending, marred only by the racism that seems inescapable in 1930s British (and American) literature.
Jocelyn married young and was widowed soon after, left with the family home and a good amount of money through her late husband's minor aristocratic family. She has also been left with a mother-in-law, aunt and mother who all take turns telling her what to do. As a result, Jocelyn is described by all as dull and wasting her youth.
When the village of Much Dithering is chosen by a wealthy family from London as their new home, the young son immediately latches onto Jocelyn with the intention of marrying her, no matter that he's already been secretly seeing Jocelyn's mother for some time, and Mama isn't the type to take this sort of treatment. Another stranger appears, this one an interesting old army friend of a local Colonel who has already been pursuing Jocelyn for some time.
Published in 1938, it's an intensely domestic story, meaning almost all of it occurs in one home or another and focuses on the romantic travails of a handful of people. Which got a bit claustrophobic, but it also reminded me of the romantic angles in some Agatha Christies.… (plus d'informations)
When the village of Much Dithering is chosen by a wealthy family from London as their new home, the young son immediately latches onto Jocelyn with the intention of marrying her, no matter that he's already been secretly seeing Jocelyn's mother for some time, and Mama isn't the type to take this sort of treatment. Another stranger appears, this one an interesting old army friend of a local Colonel who has already been pursuing Jocelyn for some time.
Published in 1938, it's an intensely domestic story, meaning almost all of it occurs in one home or another and focuses on the romantic travails of a handful of people. Which got a bit claustrophobic, but it also reminded me of the romantic angles in some Agatha Christies.… (plus d'informations)
In the small and peaceful town of Much Dithering, little of event occurs. Joscelyn, the quiet widow of the local squire's son, finds herself unexpectedly pursued by three very different men. She must deal with her own uncertainties, her newfound feelings of love for one of them, and the endless maneuvering of those around her as they try to promote their favorites. The selfishness of her mother, and the general acceptance that "foreigners" (in this case Italians) are untrustworthy are a bit jarring in an otherwise lighthearted and enjoyable comedy of manners, set between WW1 and WW2 in rural England.… (plus d'informations)
Listes
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 21
- Membres
- 65
- Popularité
- #261,994
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 2