Rebecca West
Born 1892 · Died 1983
Cecily Isabel Fairfield (21 December 1892 – 15 March 1983), known as Rebecca West, or Dame Rebecca West, was a British author, journalist, literary critic and travel writer. An author who wrote in many genres, West reviewed books for The Times, the New York Herald Tribune, The Sunday Telegraph and The New Republic, and she was a correspondent for The Bookman. Her major works include Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (1941), on the history and culture of Yugoslavia; A Train of Powder (1955), her coverage of the Nuremberg trials, published originally in The New Yorker; The Meaning of Treason (first published as a magazine article in 1945 and then expanded to the book in 1947), later The New Meaning of Treason (1964), a study of the trial of American-born fascist William Joyce and others; The Return of the Soldier (1918), a modernist World War I novel; and the "Aubrey trilogy" of autobiographical novels, The Fountain Overflows (1956), This Real Night (published posthumously in 1984), and Cousin Rosamund (1985).
Books by Rebecca West in order
Books by Rebecca West in the order they were published, from Henry James (1916) to Selected Letters of Rebecca West (2000).
- 1Henry James
Henry James1916 - 2The Return of the Soldier
The Return of the Soldier1918 - 3The Judge
The Judge1920 - 4The Strange Necessity
The Strange Necessity1928 - 5Harriet Hume
Harriet Hume1929 - 6The Modern "Rake's Progress"The Modern "Rake's Progress"1934
- 7The Harsh Voice
The Harsh Voice1935 - 8The Thinking Reed
The Thinking Reed1936 - 9Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon1942 - 10The New Meaning of Treason
The New Meaning of Treason1947 - 11A Train of Powder
A Train of Powder1955 - 12The Fountain Overflows
The Fountain Overflows1956 - 13The Court and the Castle
The Court and the Castle1957 - 14The Vassall AffairThe Vassall Affair1963
- 15The Birds Fall Down
The Birds Fall Down1966 - 16The Young Rebecca
The Young Rebecca1982 - 17This Real Night
This Real Night1984 - 18Cousin Rosamund
Cousin Rosamund1985 - 19Sunflower
Sunflower1986 - 20Family Memories
Family Memories1987 - 21Strange Necessity Essays and Reviews
Strange Necessity Essays and Reviews1987 - 22Black Lamb And Grey Falcon Part 1 Of 3
Black Lamb And Grey Falcon Part 1 Of 32000 - 23Selected Letters of Rebecca West
Selected Letters of Rebecca West2000