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Rose Macaulay

Rose Macaulay

Born 1 August 1881 · Died 30 October 1958

An English writer, most noted for her award-winning novel <i>The Towers of Trebizond</i>, about a small Anglo-Catholic group crossing Turkey by camel (<a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Macaulay>Wikipedia</a>).

Quotes

  • “Words, living and ghostly, the quick and the dead, crowd and jostle the otherwise too empty corridors of my mind. ... To move among this bright, strange, often fabulous herd of beings, to summon them at my will, to fasten them on to paper like flies, that they may decorate it, this is the pleasure of writing.”
    Personal Pleasures 1935 . Quoted in "Words", in Rosalie Maggio ed. , The New B
  • "Take my camel, dear," said my aunt Dot, as she climbed down from this animal on her return from High Mass.
    The Towers of Trebizond 1956 , opening words
  • “How fast and how loud foreigners talk ! It is a gift ; the British cannot talk so loud or so fast. They have too many centuries of fog in their throats.”
    Personal Pleasures 1935 , quoted in Murphy, Edward F. Webster's Treasury of Rel
  • “To the politician we are something of a dark horse. He does not know what we want; he wishes he did. Do we know ourselves? Vaguely we know that we don't want the politician.”
    A Casual Commentary 1925 , quoted in Murphy, Edward F. Webster's Treasury of Re

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Books by Rose Macaulay in order

Books by Rose Macaulay in the order they were published, from The Lee Shore (1912) to Letters to a Sister (1964).

  1. 1The Lee ShoreThe Lee Shore1912
  2. 2The Making of a BigotThe Making of a Bigot1914
  3. 3What Not, a Prophetic ComedyWhat Not, a Prophetic Comedy1918
  4. 4PotterismPotterism1920
  5. 5Dangerous AgesDangerous Ages1921
  6. 6Mystery at GenevaMystery at Geneva1922
  7. 7Told by an IdiotTold by an Idiot1923
  8. 8Orphan IslandOrphan Island1924
  9. 9Crewe TrainCrewe Train1926
  10. 10Keeping up AppearancesKeeping up Appearances1928
  11. 11Staying with RelationsStaying with Relations1930
  12. 12The Shadow FliesThe Shadow Flies1932
  13. 13They Were DefeatedThey Were Defeated1932
  14. 14Going AbroadGoing Abroad1934
  15. 15Personal PleasuresPersonal Pleasures1935
  16. 16The Writings of E. M. ForsterThe Writings of E. M. Forster1938
  17. 17Life Among the EnglishLife Among the English1942
  18. 18Fabled ShoreFabled Shore1945
  19. 19They Went to PortugalThey Went to Portugal1946
  20. 20The World My WildernessThe World My Wilderness1950
  21. 21Pleasure of RuinsPleasure of Ruins1953
  22. 22The Towers of TrebizondThe Towers of Trebizond1956
  23. 23Letters to a SisterLetters to a Sister1964
  24. 24CorrespondenceCorrespondence

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