Elizabeth Goudge
Born 24 April 1900 · Died 1 April 1984
Elizabeth de Beauchamp Goudge was born on 24 April 1900 in the cathedral city of Wells, where her father, a clergyman, was vice-principal of the Theological College. When she was a child, the family moved to Ely and then to Oxford. Elizabeth attended Grassendale School and studied art at University College Reading. She went on to teach design and handicrafts in Ely and Oxford. Her first book, The Fairies' Baby and Other Stories (1919) was considered unsuccessful, but her first novel, Island Magic (1934) was an immediate hit. She was a best-selling author in both the UK and the USA from the 1930s through the 1970s. Elizabeth Goudge won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association for The Little White Horse in 1946; it inspired the British television mini-series Moonacre and the film The Secret of Moonacre. Green Dolphin Country (1944) was adapted as a film in 1948 under the title Green Dolphin Street. After her mother's death in 1951, Elizabeth Goudge moved to a cottage on Peppard Common, just outside Henley-on-Thames, where she lived for the last 30 years of her life. She became a founding member of the Romantic Novelists' Association in 1960 and later served as vice president. She died on 1 April 1984.
Quotes
“Life is a reaching out for something or someone. That is its definition.”
Chapter 13 “A sense of identity is the gift of love, and only love can give it.”
Chapter 9 “Human nature is intractable stuff, hard jagged stuff, the kind of stuff that dreams are wrecked on.”
Part 1 “For unbelief was easier than belief, much less demanding and subtly flattering because the agnostic felt himself to be intellectually superior to the believer.”
Chapter 13
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Books by Elizabeth Goudge in order
Books by Elizabeth Goudge in the order they were published, from The Heart of the Family (1920) to The Joy of the Snow (1974).
- 1The Heart of the Family
The Heart of the Family1920 - 2The Little White Horse
The Little White Horse1920 - 3The Middle Window
The Middle Window1920 - 4Island Magic
Island Magic1930 - 5THE SISTER OF THE ANGELS a Magical Christmas Story of Hope
THE SISTER OF THE ANGELS a Magical Christmas Story of Hope and Love Renewed1939 - 6The Bird in the Tree
The Bird in the Tree1940 - 7The Blue Hills
The Blue Hills1942 - 8The Castle on the Hill
The Castle on the Hill1942 - 9Green Dolphin Street
Green Dolphin Street1944 - 10Pilgrim's Inn
Pilgrim's Inn1948 - 11Gentian Hill
Gentian Hill1949 - 12Make-believe
Make-believe1949 - 13The Rosemary Tree
The Rosemary Tree1956 - 14The Eliots of Damerosehay
The Eliots of Damerosehay1957 - 15The White Witch
The White Witch1958 - 16My God and My All
My God and My All1959 - 17The Dean's Watch
The Dean's Watch1960 - 18The Scent of Water
The Scent of Water1963 - 19Linnets and Valerians
Linnets and Valerians1964 - 20A Diary of Prayer
A Diary of Prayer1966 - 21I Saw Three Ships
I Saw Three Ships1969 - 22The Child from the Sea
The Child from the Sea1970 - 23The Lost Angel
The Lost Angel1971 - 24The Joy of the Snow
The Joy of the Snow1974