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  2. Elizabeth Bowen CBE (/ ˈ b oʊ ən /; 7 June 1899 – 22 February 1973) was an Irish-British novelist and short story writer notable for her books about the "big house" of Irish landed Protestants as well as her fiction about life in wartime London.

  3. edit data. Elizabeth Dorothea Cole Bowen, CBE was an Anglo-Irish novelist and short story writer and short story writer notable for her books about the "big house" of Irish landed Protestants as well her fiction about life in wartime London. Elizabeth Dorothea Cole Bowen, CBE was an Anglo-Irish novelist and short story writer and short story ...

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  5. Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973) was a British novelist and short-story writer whose work frequently detailed uneasy and unfulfilling relationships among the upper-middle class. She used a finely wrought prose style, and among her best known books are The House in Paris, The Death of the Heart, and The Demon Lover.

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  6. May 9, 2000 · Paperback – May 9, 2000. The Death of the Heart is perhaps Elizabeth Bowen's best-known book. As she deftly and delicately exposes the cruelty that lurks behind the polished surfaces of conventional society, Bowen reveals herself as a masterful novelist who combines a sense of humor with a devastating gift for divining human motivations.

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  7. Jul 29, 2015 · 2,391 ratings366 reviews. One of Elizabeth Bowen’s most artful and psychologically acute novels, The House in Paris is a timeless masterpiece of nuance and construction, and represents the very best of Bowen’s celebrated work. When eleven-year-old Henrietta arrives at the Fishers’ well-appointed house in Paris, she is prepared to spend ...

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  8. Elizabeth Bowen was born in Dublin in 1899, the only child of an Irish lawyer and landowner. She wrote many acclaimed novels and short story collections, was awarded the CBE in 1948, and was made a Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature in 1965. Her book Bowen’s Court (1942) is the history of her family and their house, in ...

  9. Aug 8, 2006 · Vividly featuring scenes of bomb-scarred London during the Blitz, frustrated lovers, acutely observed children, and even vengeful ghosts, these stories reinforce Bowen's reputation as an artist whose finely chiseled narratives—rich in imagination, psychological insight, and craft—transcend their time and place. Read more.

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