National Velvet

Name: National Velvet
Author: Enid Bagnold

by Enid Bagnold

Novel of a young girl training a horse to win the Grand National steeplechase

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Enid Bagnold

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.

More by Enid Bagnold

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