Monica Dickens

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Monica Enid Dickens (born May 10, 1915 in London , † December 25, 1992 in Reading , England) was a British writer. She was a great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens and also wrote numerous books. Her Follyfoot series became particularly well known .

Life

Monica Dickens was born in London, where she attended drama school and then worked as a journalist. Her first literary works dealt with autobiographical topics: One Pair of Hands (1939) describes the relationship between rich employers and their subservient spirits. Mariana (1940) and One Pair of Feet (1942) were created against the backdrop of the war events - Dickens first worked as a nurse, then in an aircraft factory. In 1951, after her marriage to an American naval officer, the author moved to America, where she devoted herself to several social projects, but did not interrupt her writing. In the 1970s, the television series about the Follyfoot horse asylum and the accompanying book series were created, both of which were also distributed in Germany. In 1978 her autobiography An Open Book was published.

Works

Adult books
  • One Pair Of Hands (1939)
  • Mariana (1940)
  • One Pair Of Feet (1942)
  • The Fancy (1943)
  • Thursday Afternoons (1945)
  • The Happy Prisoner (1946)
  • Joy and Josephine (1948)
  • Flowers on the Grass (1949)
  • My Turn To Make The Tea (1951)
  • No More Meadows (1953)
  • The Winds of Heaven (1955)
  • The Angel in the Corner (1956)
  • Man Overboard (1958)
  • The Heart of London (1961)
  • Cobbler's Dream (1963)
  • The Room Upstairs (1964)
  • Kate and Emma (1965)
  • The Landlord's Daughter (1968)
  • The Listeners (1970)
  • Talking of Horses (1973) - non-fiction
  • Last Year When I Was Young (1974)
  • An Open Book (1978) - autobiography
  • A Celebration (1984)
  • Dear Doctor Lily (1988)
  • Enchantment (1989)
  • Closed at Dusk (1990)
  • Scarred (1991)
  • One of the Family (1993)
Youth books
  • World's End Series
    • The House at World's End (1970)
    • Summer at World's End (1971)
    • World's End in Winter (1972)
    • Spring Comes to World's End (1973)
  • Follyfoot series
    • Follyfoot (1971)
    • Dora at Follyfoot (1972)
    • The Horses of Follyfoot (1975)
    • Stranger at Follyfoot (1976), German by Olga and Erich Fetter: A stranger on Follyfoot . dtv junior, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-423-07394-2 .
    • New Arrival at Follyfoot (1995)
  • Messenger series
    • The Messenger (1985)
    • Ballad of Favor (1985)
    • Cry of a Seagull (1986)
    • The Haunting of Bellamy 4 (1986)
  • Further
    • The Great Escape (1975)

In addition to the stories about Follyfoot, it seems that German translations of their works are only available in antiquarian versions.

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personal data
SURNAME Dickens, Monica
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dickens, Monica Enid (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH December 25, 1992
Place of death Reading