Margaret Landon (1903–1993)
Auteur de Anna chez le Roi de Siam
A propos de l'auteur
Margaret Landon (1903-1993) lived in the Kingdom of Siam (now Thailand) for ten years. Fluent in Thai, she extensively researched the story of Anna Leonowens and the history of the Siamese government and culture.
Crédit image: Uncredited photo at wheaton.edu
Œuvres de Margaret Landon
2000 1 exemplaire
Kral ve Ben 1 exemplaire
Anna og kongen av Siam 2 1 exemplaire
Anna og kongen av Siam 1 1 exemplaire
Never dies the Dream - A novel of Bangkok 1 exemplaire
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- Nom canonique
- Landon, Margaret
- Autres noms
- Mortenson, Margaret Dorothea (birth name)
- Date de naissance
- 1903-09-07
- Date de décès
- 1993-12-04
- Lieu de sépulture
- Wheaton Cemetery, Illinois, USA
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Somers, Wisconsin, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Alexandria, Virginia, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Evanston, Illinois, USA
Wheaton, Illinois, USA
Trang, Thailand
Washington, D.C., USA - Études
- Wheaton College, Illinois
- Professions
- missionary
novelist - Relations
- Landon, Kenneth Perry (husband)
Landon, Kenneth Perry jr. (son)
Leonowens, Anna (subject) - Courte biographie
- Margaret Dorothea Mortenson graduated from Wheaton College in 1925 and taught for a year before marrying Kenneth Landon. In 1927, the couple became Presbyterian missionaries to Thailand. During the next ten years, Margaret Landon raised her first three children while running a mission school. In her extensive reading about the country, she learned about Anna Leonowens, the governess to the Thai (Siamese) royal family in the 1860s. When the family returned to the USA in 1937, Margaret began writing articles and then researching material for a book on Mrs. Leonowens, which was published as "Anna and the King of Siam" in 1944.
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Anna and the King of Siam par Margaret Landon
My copy has lost the pretty jacket but after being printed more than fifty years ago I would have been surprised to see it. Enjoyable read! *further review pending*
Never Dies the Dream is a dramatic novel set in East Asia.
India Severn, an American missionary in Siam, struggles to remain true to herself and maintain her mission school against the machinations of her jealous colleagues and the sabotage of those she is trying to help.
Never Dies the Dream is a very interesting and well-written story, but it is so depressing I would never want to read it again. Everyone around India is constantly trying to cheat, use, or destroy her; it was just too irritating and too much like real life.… (plus d'informations)
India Severn, an American missionary in Siam, struggles to remain true to herself and maintain her mission school against the machinations of her jealous colleagues and the sabotage of those she is trying to help.
Never Dies the Dream is a very interesting and well-written story, but it is so depressing I would never want to read it again. Everyone around India is constantly trying to cheat, use, or destroy her; it was just too irritating and too much like real life.… (plus d'informations)
I really wanted to like this book, but I just couldn't get into it. The author's style of writing bored me.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 10
- Aussi par
- 6
- Membres
- 1,321
- Popularité
- #19,459
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 30
- ISBN
- 32
- Langues
- 5