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  2. Lucy Hughes-Hallett - Wikipedia

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    Lucy Angela Hughes-Hallett (born 7 December 1951) [1] is a British cultural historian, biographer [2] and novelist. In November 2013, she won the Samuel Johnson Prize for nonfiction for her biography of the Italian writer Gabriele D'Annunzio, The Pike. [3] The book also won the 2013 Costa Book Award (Biography) [4] [5] and the Duff Cooper Prize.

  3. The Pike: Gabriele D'Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War

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    The Pike: Gabriele d'Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War is a 2013 book by the writer Lucy Hughes-Hallett first published in London by Fourth Estate.The American edition, published by Knopf in 2013, is titled Gabriele d'Annunzio: Poet, Seducer, and Preacher of War.

  4. My Friends (novel) - Wikipedia

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    [2] Writing for The Guardian, Lucy Hughes-Hallett stated that the novel's prose slowed down in areas to highlight the characters' inner thoughts, with Khaled's walks in London serving as a template to introduce his inner thoughts. She commended this fluctuation in prose, stating that the novel is "artfully paced."

  5. List of pen names - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of pen names used by notable authors of written work. A pen name or nom de plume is a pseudonym adopted by an author.A pen name may be used to make the author' name more distinctive, to disguise the author's gender, to distance the author from their other works, to protect the author from retribution for their writings, to combine more than one author into a single author, or ...

  6. Rebecca (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Rebecca is a 1938 Gothic novel by the English author Daphne du Maurier.It depicts an unnamed young woman who impetuously marries a wealthy widower, before discovering that both he and his household are haunted by the memory of his late first wife, the title character.

  7. Rebecca (musical) - Wikipedia

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    Rebecca is a musical adaptation of the 1938 novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier.It was composed by Sylvester Levay with German book and lyrics by Michael Kunze.The plot, which adheres closely to the original novel, revolves around wealthy Maxim DeWinter, his naïve new wife, called "I" ("Ich" in the German version), and Mrs. Danvers, the manipulative housekeeper of DeWinter's Cornish ...

  8. Hughes-Hallett - Wikipedia

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    James Hughes-Hallett (1949-2019), British businessman and investor. John Hughes-Hallett (1901-1972), British politician. Kathleen Hughes-Hallett (1918-2002), Canadian fencer. Lucy Hughes-Hallett (born 1951), British cultural historian and biographer. Norton Hughes-Hallett (1895–1985), British army officer and cricket player.

  9. Six Months in a Convent - Wikipedia

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    Rebecca Reed was a young Episcopalian woman from Boston who had attended the school operated by the Ursulines in 1831 as a charity scholar: a day student for whom the convent waived tuition fees. In 1832, she declared her intent to enter the Ursuline novitiate , but left the convent after six months as a postulant (originally one who makes a ...