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Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn Asquith (née Charteris; 27 September 1887 – 31 March 1960) was an English writer and socialite, known for her ghost stories and diaries. She also wrote novels, edited a number of anthologies, wrote for children and covered the British Royal family.
Nov 1, 2016 · Cynthia Asquith was a versatile and influential writer of ghost stories, who also edited anthologies featuring other masters of the genre. She excelled at evoking the terrifying \"long littleness of life\" and the horrors of the past in her fiction.
Feb 27, 2024 · The old disgrace of a divorce is no longer felt—one hopes—today. But Lady Cynthia Asquith ’s distress over the future of her son John, who might today have been diagnosed as autistic, might...
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Cynthia Asquith (1887–1960) was a British author, diarist, and secretary to J.M. Barrie. She was the wife of Herbert Asquith, the son of Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith, and a friend of D.H. Lawrence and the Tolstoys.
Orlando is a database of British women's writing from the medieval period to the present. Lady Cynthia Asquith (1887-1960) was a diarist, novelist, biographer, and friend of many literary figures.
Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn Asquith (née Charteris; 27 September 1887 – 31 March 1960) was an English writer and socialite, known for her ghost stories and diaries. She also wrote novels, edited a number of anthologies, wrote for children and covered the British Royal family.
Jan 25, 2013 · Lady Cynthia Asquith (1881-1960) was the daughter of the 11th Earl of Wemyss and the daughter-in-law of Prime Minister H. H. Asquith. In her memoirs, Remember and Be Glad (1952), she reflects upon her life as an aristocratic girl in Edwardian society.
