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Angela Thirkell

British and Australian novelist (1890–1961)

Angela Margaret Thirkell (; née Mackail, 30 January 1890 – 29 January 1961) was an English and Australian novelist. She also published one novel, Trooper to Southern Cross, under the pseudonym Leslie Parker.

Early life

Angela Margaret Mackail was the elder daughter of John William Mackail (1859–1945), a Scottish classical scholar and civil servant from the Isle of Bute who was the Oxford Professor of Poetry from 1906 to 1911.^[1] Her mother, Margaret Burne-Jones, was the daughter of the Pre-Raphaelite painter Edward Burne-Jones, and through her, Thirkell was the first cousin once removed of Rudyard Kipling and Stanley Baldwin.^[2] Her brother, Denis Mackail (1892–1971), was also a novelist^[3] and they had a younger sister, Clare.^[4] Angela was tall, "with legs like columns, and large, masculine feet" and she ruled over her younger cousins and siblings, who called her AKB—Angela Knows Best.^[5]

Angela Mackail was educated in London at Claude Montef

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ANGELA THIRKELL’S WORLD, and the times she wrote about

Angela Thirkell’s fiction is intensely personal, finely observed from the people and society around her. The books on this list are associated with Angela Thirkell’s world, many of them recommended by Angela Thirkell Society subscribers as of interest to other readers.

Angela Thirkell borrowed widely from her family and friends and, on occasion, caused actual offense when her characterizations were unmistakably people she had met. Information about Angela Thirkell and her immediate circle can be found under “About Angela Thirkell” in the menu bar, with critical and other works about her books and herself listed on the “Dictionary” dropdown menu.

Novel writing continued to be prolific during the war years, with around 1,000 new titles each year. Women’s writing, however, was often disparaged as unimportant or domestic. This, in combination with short print runs and unattractive and rather flimsy, if economical, editions, means that many novels of the time quickly disappeared. Publishers such as Pers

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Angela Thirkell

Angela Margaret Thirkell (née Mackail, - ) est une romancière anglaise et australienne. Elle a également publié sous le pseudonyme Leslie Parker, un roman Trooper to Southern Cross. Sa carrière littéraire s'étend sur quatre décennies. Elle publie une trentaine de romans, mettant en scène le plus souvent des personnages de la gentry anglaise. Certains de ses romans sont toujours réédités, comme Bienvenue à High Rising (2019), ou Le parfum des fraises sauvages (2017).

Jeunesse

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Angela Thirkell est la fille aînée de John William Mackail (en) (1859-1945), un érudit écossais et fonctionnaire de l'île de Bute qui fut professeur de poésie à Oxford de 1906 à 1911. Sa mère Margaret Burne-Jones, est la fille du peintre préraphaélite Edward Burne-Jones. Thirkell est aussi une cousine de Rudyard Kipling et de Stanley Baldwin. Son frère, Denis Mackail (1892-1971), est également romancier et ils ont une sœur cadette, Clare. Pendant leur jeunesse, les trois enfants Mackail ont été nourris aux contes de fées de l'aute