Faith Compton Mackenzie (1878–1960)
Auteur van The crooked wall: A Victorian story of love
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- Officiële naam
- Mackenzie, Lady
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Stone, Faith Nona (birth)
Reynolds, Faith (stage name) - Geboortedatum
- 1878-02-26
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1960-07-09
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Woonplaatsen
- Eton, Berkshire, England, UK
London, England, UK
Capri, Italy
Eilean Aigas, Scotland, UK
Barra, Scotland, UK
Paris, France (toon alle 10)
Rome, Italy
Milan, Italy
Guernsey, Bailiwick of Guernsey
Denchworth, Berkshire, England, UK - Beroepen
- actress
memoirist
biographer
novelist - Relaties
- Compton Mackenzie (husband)
- Korte biografie
- Faith Compton Mackenzie, née Faith Stone, was one of 10 children of Reverend E.D. Stone, a schoolmaster at Eton and Stonehouse, and his wife Lily. She had a short stage acting career with Charles Hawtrey's company before marrying Edward Compton Mackenzie in 1905. She wrote novels; biographies of Marie Mancini and Queen Christina, among others; and an autobiography entitled As Much As I Dare (1938).
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- 6
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- 13
- Populariteit
- #774,335
- Waardering
- 4.3
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- 1
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- 1
It is the story of Bertha and Judith, two roommates at boarding school who form an inseparable relationship. It is my opinion that Bertha was in love with Judith, but the feeling was not necessarily reciprocated in the same manner. Anyway, while they go their separate ways, they always reunite, until the point when Bertha becomes Judith's personal secretary an moves onto Judith's estate. It is no spoiler to say that they are together through Judith's two marriages.
Written in 1954, the story takes place in the 1880s. Faith Compton Mackenzie, who apparently had an 'interesting' life of her own, created interesting characters, an unusual plot (for my reading habits) and provided a well written story. I'm not sure I loved the ending, but hey, she's entitled to put her own spin on her own novel.
The Crooked Wall: A Victorian Story of Love is a slow read, though, unlike today's romance novels. But it is way more literary than today's romance novels. So if you like literary fiction, give it a try.… (meer)