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(Marghanita Laski was born in 1915 to a family of prominent Jewish intellectuals in Manchester; Harold Laski, the socialist thinker, was her uncle.
After working in fashion she read English at Oxford, married John Howard, a publisher, in Paris, and worked in journalism. She began writing once her son and daughter were born: among her six novels were LITTLE BOY LOST, THE VILLAGE and THE VICTORIAN CHAISE-LONGUE.
A well-known critic, she wrote book on Jane Austen and George Eliot.
ECSTASY explored the nature of religious experiences and EVERYDAY ECSTASY their social effects. Her distinctive voice was often heard on the radio on The Brains Trust and The Critics; and she submitted some 250,000 illustrative quotations to the Oxford English Dictionary.
She lived in Hampstead, where she died in 1988.
After working in fashion she read English at Oxford, married John Howard, a publisher, in Paris, and worked in journalism. She began writing once her son and daughter were born: among her six novels were LITTLE BOY LOST, THE VILLAGE and THE VICTORIAN CHAISE-LONGUE.
A well-known critic, she wrote book on Jane Austen and George Eliot.
ECSTASY explored the nature of religious experiences and EVERYDAY ECSTASY their social effects. Her distinctive voice was often heard on the radio on The Brains Trust and The Critics; and she submitted some 250,000 illustrative quotations to the Oxford English Dictionary.
She lived in Hampstead, where she died in 1988.
Genres: Literary Fiction
Novels
Little Boy Lost (1949)
The Village (1952)
The Victorian Chaise Longue (1953)
Apologies (1955)
Ferry the Jerusalem Cat (1983)
To Bed with Grand Music (2001)
The Village (1952)
The Victorian Chaise Longue (1953)
Apologies (1955)
Ferry the Jerusalem Cat (1983)
To Bed with Grand Music (2001)
Plays
Anthologies edited
Non fiction
Mrs. Ewing, Mrs. Molesworth and Mrs.Hodgson Burnett (1950)
Ecstasy (1961)
God and Man (1971)
George Eliot and Her World (1973)
Jane Austen and Her World (1977)
Everyday Ecstasy (1980)
George Eliot (1982)
Jane Austen (1986)
From Palm to Pine (1987)
Kiplings English History (1987)
Ecstasy in Secular and Religious Experiences (1990)
Ecstasy (1961)
God and Man (1971)
George Eliot and Her World (1973)
Jane Austen and Her World (1977)
Everyday Ecstasy (1980)
George Eliot (1982)
Jane Austen (1986)
From Palm to Pine (1987)
Kiplings English History (1987)
Ecstasy in Secular and Religious Experiences (1990)
Anthologies containing stories by Marghanita Laski
The 3rd Ghost Book (1955)
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories (1984)
The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1996)
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories (1984)
The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1996)
Short stories
| The Tower (1955) |
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