Monica Dickens (1915–1992)
Auteur de Mariana
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Séries
Œuvres de Monica Dickens
One Pair of Hands | The Happy Prisoner | Mariana | Kate and Emma | One Pair of Feet (1978) 16 exemplaires, 2 critiques
Miracles of Courage: How Families Meet the Challenge of a Child's Critical Illness (1985) 8 exemplaires
Portobello Road 2 exemplaires
The end of the line 2 exemplaires
Love Below Stairs 1 exemplaire
Das Haus am Ende der Welt im Sommer, Winter und Frühling. Vier Romane in einem Band. (1989) 1 exemplaire
One Pair of Feet and One Pair of Hands 1 exemplaire
...Edward's fancy 1 exemplaire
Coping with my widowhood 1 exemplaire
The Outsider 1 exemplaire
The London of Charles Dickens 1 exemplaire
Storm Ahead 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Mistresses of Mystery: Two Centuries of Suspense Stories by the Gentle Sex (1973) — Contributeur — 28 exemplaires, 1 critique
Fear in the Blood: Tales from the Dark Lineages of the Weird: 48 (British Library Tales of the Weird) (2024) — Contributeur — 10 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Dickens, Monica Enid
- Date de naissance
- 1915-05-10
- Date de décès
- 1992-12-25
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- UK
- Pays (pour la carte)
- England, UK
- Lieu de naissance
- London, England, UK
- Lieu du décès
- Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Londen, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Washington, D.C., VS
Falmouth, Massachusetts, VS
Hinxworth, Hertfordshire, VS - Études
- St Paul's Girls' School, London
- Professions
- cook
nurse
journalist
columnist
writer
fitter (tout afficher 7)
debutante - Relations
- Dickens, Charles (overgrootvader)
Dickens, Cedric (neef) - Organisations
- National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Samaritans - Prix et distinctions
- Member of the Order of the British Empire (1981)
- Courte biographie
- From the publisher: MONICA DICKENS, born in 1915, was brought up in London. Her mother's German origins and her Catholicism gave her the detached eye of an outsider; at St Paul's Girls' School she was under occupied and rebellious. After drama school she was a debutante before working as a cook. One Pair of Hands (1937), her first book, described life in the kitchens of Kensington. It was the first of a group of semi autobiographies of which Mariana (1940), technically a novel, was one. 'My aim is to entertain rather than instruct,' she wrote. 'I want readers to recognise life in my books.' In 1951 Monica Dickens married a US naval officer, Roy Stratton, moved to America and adopted two daughters. An extremely popular writer, she involved herself in, and wrote about, good causes such as the Samaritans. After her husband died she lived in a cottage in rural Berkshire, dying there in 1992.
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Story about a widow and her three daughters à Name that Book (Juin 2013)
Critiques
Orphaned by the Great Plague just the year before, a boy manages to finally pull his life together in London in 1666. He has a job ferrying passengers and piloting other people's boats through the treacherous passage under the London Bridge. He has a caring friend and a new place to stay. But now he must face the possibility it might all go up in smoke.
A decent enough bit of juvenile historical fiction, but I never cared about the characters and the ending seemed abrupt and too pat.
A decent enough bit of juvenile historical fiction, but I never cared about the characters and the ending seemed abrupt and too pat.
In the early part of World War II, Mary hears on the news that her husband's ship has gone down, with some casualties. Her phone line is down, and she has no way of getting news of him till morning, so she goes to bed and finds safety in thinking about something else... anything else. She begins to relive memories of her entire life... her childhood with her mother and uncle Geoffrey who is an actor, her idyllic days at her grandparents' home in the country, her first crush, her foray into dramatic school, her sojourn in France where she is swept off her feet by Pierre, and finally the moment when the puzzle pieces fall into place and she meets her future husband.
I had a little trouble with this book at the beginning because there was too much description and not enough dialogue for me, but that improved. But then I wasn't sure how much I liked it because, until near the end, Mary felt rather distant as a character. Towards the end, though, I really did like it quite a bit. I suspect it's just a matter of personal taste for the narration style.… (plus d'informations)
I had a little trouble with this book at the beginning because there was too much description and not enough dialogue for me, but that improved. But then I wasn't sure how much I liked it because, until near the end, Mary felt rather distant as a character. Towards the end, though, I really did like it quite a bit. I suspect it's just a matter of personal taste for the narration style.… (plus d'informations)
I dont remember much about this book except that I liked it as a child.Might have to do something with the children (the maincharacters) deciding to live by themselves at an old farm after their parent(s) either dies or has to travel.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 64
- Aussi par
- 8
- Membres
- 3,956
- Popularité
- #6,387
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 67
- ISBN
- 292
- Langues
- 11
- Favoris
- 12
We spent way too long following Mary's romance with Denys, way too long with Pierre, and not enough time with Sam. It felt as though I didn't really know Sam enough to care about his character, I only knew I was supposed to care about him, even though I didn't. Overall, I think I would give this a 3.5/5 stars.… (plus d'informations)