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1893-1970
Author of poetry, fiction and biography. Born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, the daughter of a a wealthy paper manufacturer. She went to Somerville College, Oxford and served as a nurse in the First World War. After the war she lived in Oxford and London, working as a freelance writer. In 1925 she married G.E. Catlin, Professor of politics at Cornell University.
Probably her most enduring work is Testament of youth (1933) which was an outpouring of her early experiences and growing idealism, culminating in some moving wartime experiences and the death of her fiancé in France. Testament of friendship (1940) recorded her friendship with the author, Winifred Holtby and her circle, including fellow novelist Stella Benson (1892-1933).
Account rendered (1945). Novel
Born (1925). Novel
The dark tide (1923). Novel
A novel of youth (1948). Novel
Testament of experience (1957). Autobiography
Testament of youth (1933). Autobiography
Testament of friendship (1940). Autobiography
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