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Penelope Mortimer

Penelope Ruth Mortimer (née Fletcher) was a Welsh-born English journalist, biographer, and novelist. Her semi-autobiographical novel The Pumpkin Eater (1962) was made into a 1964 film of the same name.

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British journalist, biographer and novelist

Born 19. September 1918
Died 19. Oktober 1999

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  • Cover of: The Pumpkin eater.

    Cover of edition pumpkineater0000mort Cover of edition pumpkineater0000pene_v1m5 Cover of edition pumpkineater0000mort_a2q1 Cover of edition pumpkineater00mort First published in 1962 — 32 editions
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  • Cover of: The home.

    First published in 1971 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: Saturday lunch with the Brownings: stories

    Cover of edition saturdaylunchwit00mort First published in 1960 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: Daddy's gone a-hunting

    First published in 1958 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: My friend says it's bulletproof

    First published in 1967 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: Long distance

    Cover of edition longdistance0000mort First published in 1974 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Stories from the New Yorker, 1950-1960

    First published in 1960 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: bright prison.

    First published in 1956 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: About time: an aspect of autobiography

    First published in 1979 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Venomous tales of villainy and vengeance: an anthology

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  • Cover of: Queen Elizabeth: a life of the Queen Mother

    First published in 1986 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: About Time Too

    First published in 1993 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: A villa in summer

    First published in 1954 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Cave of Ice

    First published in 2021 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The handyman

    First published in 1983 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Humphrey's Mother

    First published in 2014 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Portrait of a marriage

    First published in 2006 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Cave of ice

    First published in 1959 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: LA DONNA APE: THE PUNPKIN EATER

    First published in 1965 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Striking the Balance: A History of the Oppenheim Bank

    First published in 1994 — 1 edition
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British journalist, biographer and novelist

Born 19. September 1918
Died 19. Oktober 1999

Subjects

Fiction, Fiction, general, Biography, Fiction in English, Elizabeth, queen, consort of george vi, 1900-2002, Queens, Adultery, English Authors, English literature, Families, Family, Fiction, family life, general, Married people, American Horror tales, American Short stories, American literature, Authors, English, Authors, biography, Banks and banking, history, Biographies, Childhood and youth, Children's literature, Crime, fiction, Divorce, English Horror tales

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Great Britain, England, Queens

People

Elizabeth Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain (1900-), Penelope Mortimer, Elizabeth Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, Elizabeth Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain (1900-2002), Harold George Nicolson Sir (1886-1968), Penelope Mortimer (1918-), V. Sackville-West (1892-1962), Violet Keppel Trefusis (1894-1972)

Time

20th century

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May 16, 2024 Edited by kathrinpassig merge authors
April 2, 2024 Edited by Сергей Малышев Edited without comment.
April 2, 2024 Edited by Сергей Малышев Added new photo
April 2, 2024 Edited by Сергей Малышев Added new photo
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import