Elizabeth Bowen

Novelist / Novelista

Elizabeth Bowen was born 7th June 1899 in Dublin and died 22nd February 1973 in London.

She was an Irish novelist and short story writer, notable for some of the best fiction about life in wartime London.

Notable Works:

The Last September (1929)

The House in Paris (1935)

The Death of the Heart (1938)

The Heat of the Day (1949)

A time in Rome (1960)

Eva Trout (1968)

Quotes

'When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out.'

'Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day.'

'No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye.'

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