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Margery Sharp

Margery Sharp was born Salisbury, Wiltshire. She attended Chiswick House High School in Malta in 1912-1913, and Streatham Hill High School 1914-1923. In 1925 she went to Bedford College, earning a general arts degree and then a BA in French. She studied art for one year at Westminster Art School. After school she became a full-time writer, writing short stories and working on a novel. In 1938 she married Major Geoffrey Castle, an aeronautical engineer. During World War II she served as an Army Education Lecturer, travelling and lecturing and continuing to write. She produced 26 novels for adults, 14 stories for children, 4 plays, 2 mysteries, and many short stories. Her most famous work is The Rescuers series about a mouse named Miss Bianca, which was adapted in two animated feature films, The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under.

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The Rescuers original book series list:
1. The Rescuers 1959 (quite different from the movie)
2. Miss Bianca 1962
3. The Turret 1963
4. Miss Bianca in the Salt Mines 1967
5. Miss Bianca in the Orient 1970
6. Miss Bianca in the Antarctic 1971
7. Miss Bianca and the Bridesmaid 1972
8. Bernard the Brave 1977
9. Bernard into Battle 1978 (reviewer's note: violence, not recommended for small children)

Novelizations of the Disney movies, The Rescuers (1977) and The Rescuers Down Under (1990) are also available.

English writer

Born 25 January 1905
Died 14 March 1991

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  • Cover of: Britannia news.
    First published in 1946 1 edition in 1 language

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    First published in 2004 1 edition

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  • Cover of: The Flowering Thorn
    First published in 1985 1 edition in 1 language

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    First published in 1982 1 edition in 1 language

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  • Cover of: Four gardens
    First published in 1935 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable

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  • Cover of: Harlequin house.
    First published in 1939 1 edition in 1 language

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  • Cover of: Lady in waiting: a comedy

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  • Cover of: Liebe auf den letzten Blick: Roman

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  • Cover of: Lost at the fair.
    First published in 1965 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable

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  • Cover of: Melisande
    First published in 2007 1 edition in 1 language

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  • Cover of: Miss Bianca in the Antarctic.
    First published in 1971 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable

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  • Cover of: Miss Bianca Salt Mines Sharp

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  • Cover of: Miss Bianca and the Rescuers

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  • Cover of: Mélisande.
    First published in 1960 1 edition in 1 language

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  • Cover of: The Nutmeg Tree
    First published in 2003 1 edition in 1 language

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  • Cover of: Nutmeg Tree
    First published in 1984 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable

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  • Cover of: The Rescuers/Miss Bianca/The Turret

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