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Enid Bagnold

Enid Bagnold

EnglishOctober 27, 1889 – March 31, 1981Literary Fiction

Bagnold was a distinguished novelist and playwright whose The Squire and National Velvet show her range from serious psychological fiction to popular adventure. A Diary Without Dates is one of the finest prose accounts of nursing in the Great War.

Works

  • National VelvetNovel of a young girl training a horse to win the Grand National steeplechase→
  • A Diary Without DatesMemoir of a nurse's experiences during World War One hospital service→
  • The SquireNovel of a woman's life managing her country estate and family responsibilities→
  • The Happy ForeignerNovel of a young woman rebuilding her life after her fiancé is killed in war→
  • Serena BlandishNovel of a poor girl adopted by an aristocrat and her romantic misadventures→

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