Bowen, Elizabeth 1899-1973
Overview
Works: |
555
works in
2,928
publications in
6
languages and
65,849
library holdings
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Genres: |
Fiction
Short stories
History
Psychological fiction
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Biography
Domestic fiction
Autobiographies
Romance fiction
Drama
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Roles: |
Author, Editor, Author of introduction, Creator, Composer, pre, Other
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Classifications: |
PR6003.O6757,
823.912 |
Most widely held works about
Elizabeth Bowen
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Most widely held works by
Elizabeth Bowen
The death of the heart by Elizabeth Bowen (
Book
)
218
editions published
between
1938
and
2015
in
6
languages
and held by
3,410
libraries
worldwide
Story about the havoc wrought by inharmonious relationships in a middle-class English family
The heat of the day by Elizabeth Bowen (
Book
)
160
editions published
between
1945
and
2015
in
6
languages
and held by
2,845
libraries
worldwide
Story of espionage and betrayal set in World War II England
The collected stories of Elizabeth Bowen by Elizabeth Bowen (
Book
)
76
editions published
between
1980
and
2015
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
2,349
libraries
worldwide
Contains 79 stories by the author
The house in Paris by Elizabeth Bowen (
Book
)
149
editions published
between
1926
and
2015
in
6
languages
and held by
2,197
libraries
worldwide
As a young boy waits in Paris for the mother he has never met, the circumstances surrounding his birth are revealed in the story of a brief and passionate love affair between a rich English girl and a Jewish banker
The Oxford book of short stories by V. S Pritchett (
Book
)
1
edition published
in
1981
in
English
and held by
2,045
libraries
worldwide
Sir Walter Scott / The Two Drovers, Nathaniel Hawthorne/ The Birthmark, Edgar Allen Poe / The Fall Of The House Of Usher, ETC
Eva Trout, or, Changing scenes by Elizabeth Bowen (
Book
)
61
editions published
between
1963
and
2011
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
1,807
libraries
worldwide
After an unhappy and fanciful childhood, Eva travels throughout Europe and America in seach of love and serenity
The last September by Elizabeth Bowen (
Book
)
113
editions published
between
1929
and
2015
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
1,793
libraries
worldwide
"A novel of Ireland in the Nineteen-Twenties"--Cover
The little girls by Elizabeth Bowen (
Book
)
72
editions published
between
1962
and
2016
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
1,643
libraries
worldwide
Three aging English ladies attempt, literally and figuratively, to dig up the secret of their childhood, but find only their own damaged selves
A world of love by Elizabeth Bowen (
Book
)
90
editions published
between
1954
and
2017
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
1,525
libraries
worldwide
"In A World of Love, an uneasy group of relations are living under one roof at Montefort, a decaying manor in the Irish countryside. When twenty-year-old Jane finds in the attic a packet of love letters written years ago by Guy, her mother's one-time fiance who died in World War I, the discovery has explosive repercussions. It is not clear to whom the letters are addressed, and their appearance begins to lay bare the strange and unspoken connections between the adults now living in the house. Soon, a girl on the brink of womanhood, a mother haunted by love lost, and a ruined matchmaker with her own claim on the dead wage a battle that makes the ghostly Guy as real a presence in Montefort as any of the living"--Back cover
A treasury of short stories : favorites of the past hundred years from Turgenev to Thurber, from Balzac to Hemingway ; with biographical sketches of the authors by Bernardine Kielty (
Book
)
1
edition published
in
1947
in
English
and held by
1,492
libraries
worldwide
The death of Ivan IIyich; a day in the country, two little soldiers; Quattrocentisteria; the secret sharer; the pace of youth; the coming-out of Maggie; the voice in the night; the old hunter; the doll's house; Babylon Revistied; a telephone call
The hotel by Elizabeth Bowen (
Book
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94
editions published
between
1927
and
2015
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
1,367
libraries
worldwide
Following a group of British tourists vacationing on the Italian Riviera during the 1920s, The Hotel explores the social and emotional relationships that develop among the well-heeled residents of the eponymous establishment. When the young Miss Sydney falls under the sway of an older woman, Mrs. Kerr, a sapphic affair simmers right below the surface of Bowen's writing, creating a rich story that often relies as much on what is left unsaid as what is written on the page. Bowen depicts an intense interpersonal drama with wit and suspense, while playing with and pushing the English language to its boundaries
To the North by Elizabeth Bowen (
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101
editions published
between
1932
and
2016
in
English
and held by
1,155
libraries
worldwide
An unlikely, but irresistible, love affair provides the framework for this absorbing novel of passion and solitude. Quiet, aloof and consciously solitary, Emmeline is unprepared for the violence of her attraction to Markie; but once she has succumbed to it, she far surpasses him in the depth and generosity of her surrender. The affairs of Cecilia, Emmeline's vivacious and gregarious sister-in-law, provide a sparkling counterpoint to Miss Bowen's main theme. There is also the girls' worrisome aunt, Lady Waters, a character Evelyn Waugh would be proud to claim, who "enlarged her own life into ripples of apprehension on everybody's behalf." Cool, clear, and wonderfully witty, To the North nonetheless combines passion and perception in the unique manner familiar to admirers of The Death of the Heart and The Heat of the Day
A time in Rome by Elizabeth Bowen (
Book
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28
editions published
between
1960
and
2010
in
3
languages
and held by
1,055
libraries
worldwide
Bowen's Court by Elizabeth Bowen (
Book
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54
editions published
between
1942
and
1999
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
940
libraries
worldwide
Elizabeth Bowen recalls her family and her Dublin childhood as seen through the eyes of a child who could not read until she was seven and who fed her imagination only on sights and sounds
The Heritage of British literature by Elizabeth Bowen (
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12
editions published
in
1983
in
English
and held by
785
libraries
worldwide
Introducing or re_introducing us to the pleasures of the most memorable works and writers through the centuries. Lord David Cecil as a poet, Graham Greene as a dramatist, Elizabeth Bowen as a novelist, Kate O'Brien for diaries and journals and Anthony Burgess defines the place of British literature in the contemporary world
Friends and relations by Elizabeth Bowen (
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36
editions published
between
1931
and
2017
in
English
and held by
770
libraries
worldwide
"During a soft English summer in the 1920s, the Studdart sisters marry and set up house, one in London and one in a country estate. However, things are not as they seem. Using careful, elliptical prose interspersed with quips and populated by memorable characters, Elizabeth Bowen reveals how these seemingly placid lives are anchored in lies"--Page 4 of cover
English novelists by Elizabeth Bowen (
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58
editions published
between
1900
and
1997
in
3
languages
and held by
746
libraries
worldwide
Look at all those roses, short stories by Elizabeth Bowen (
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29
editions published
between
1941
and
1967
in
English
and held by
726
libraries
worldwide
People, places, things : essays by Elizabeth Bowen (
Book
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14
editions published
between
2008
and
2011
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
263
libraries
worldwide
The essays assembled in this volume were published in British, Irish, and American periodicals during Elizabeth Bowen's lifetime and are collected here for the first time
The bazaar and other stories by Elizabeth Bowen (
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9
editions published
in
2008
in
English
and held by
192
libraries
worldwide
A prolific writer of short stories, Elizabeth Bowen claimed towards the end of her life that "a story deals in the not-yet-thought-of but always possible." Covering a range of situations - broken engagements, encounters with ghosts, brushes with crime - these stories demonstrate the virtuosity of technique that characterizes all of Bowen's writing. With this collection, Bowen, gifted with keen social observation, justifies her place in the company of D. H. Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield, Virginia Woolf, and James Joyce
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Alternative Names
Bitha 1899-1973 Bowen, Bitha. Bowen, Bitha 1899-1973 Bowen, Elisabeth 1899-1973 Bowen Elizabeth Bowen, Elizabeth D. C. 1899-1973 Bowen, Elizabeth Dorothea Cole Bowen, Elizabeth Dorothea Cole 1899-1973 Cameron, Elizabeth Bowen. Cameron, Elizabeth Bowen 1899-1973 Cole Bowen, Elizabeth, 1899-1973 Cole, Dorothea 1899-1973 Elisabeth Bowen Elisabeth Bowen escriptora irlandesa Elizabet Bouen Elizabeth Bowen angielska pisarka Elizabeth Bowen écrivaine irlandaise Elizabeth Bowen escritora irlandesa Elizabeth Bowen irische Schriftstellerin Elizabeth Bowen irländsk författare Elizabeth Bowen irsk skribent Elizabeth Bowen schrijfster uit Ierland (1899-1973) Elizabeth Bowen scrittrice irlandese Elizabeth Bowenová Anglo-irská spisovatelka Элизабет Боуэн אליזבת בואן אליזבת בואן סופרת אירית באואן, אליזאבט באואן, אליזאבט דורותיאה קול באואן, אליזבת إليزابيث بوين كاتبة أيرلندية الیزابت بون الیزابت بوئن نویسنده ایرلندی エリザベス・ボウエン ボウエン, エリザベス
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