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Beryl Margaret Bainbridge was born in Liverpool's Allerton suburb on 21 November 1932, [5] the daughter of Winifred Baines and Richard Bainbridge. She grew up in the nearby town of Formby . Although she often gave her date of birth as 21 November 1934, she was born in 1932 and her birth was registered in the first quarter of 1933. [ 6 ]
According to Queeney is a 2001 Booker-longlisted [1] biographical novel by English writer Beryl Bainbridge.It concerns the last years of Samuel Johnson and his relationship between Hester Thrale and her daughter 'Queeney'.
The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress is the last novel by writer Beryl Bainbridge published in 2011 following her death. As explained in the postscript: Beryl Bainbridge was in the process of finishing The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress when she died on 2 July 2010. Her long-time friend and editor, Brendan King prepared the text for publication from ...
The Dressmaker (US title The Secret Glass) is a gothic psychological novel written by Beryl Bainbridge. In 1973, it was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Like many of Bainbridge's earlier works, the novel is semi-autobiographical. In particular, the story was inspired by a relationship that she had with a soldier as a teenager.
Peter Tinniswood in The Times writes "This is a superb novel. It is taut in construction, expansive in characterization, vibrant in atmosphere and profoundly comic". [7]Harry Blamires likens Freda's romantic dreams to those of Joyce's Gerty MacDowell in Ulysses and he concludes "Beryl Bainbridge manages plots of escalating comedy and grotesqueness with consummate skill.
The Birthday Boys is a novel by Beryl Bainbridge. First published in 1991, this book tells the story of Captain Robert Scott's 1910-13 expedition to Antarctica. [1]
The Liverpool-born writer, theatre critic and artist Beryl Bainbridge (1932−2010) lived at No. 42 for 45 years. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In 1967 she painted Napoleon Dancing at 42 Albert St, Camden Town, to the Strains of the Gramophone .
Harriet Said... was the first novel written by Beryl Bainbridge, based on newspaper reports about the Parker–Hulme murder case in New Zealand which involved two young girls. [1] Although completed in 1958 [2] it was rejected by several publishers in the late fifties, and one of the rejections is quoted on the flyleaf of the first edition: