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Eden Phillpotts (4 November 1862 – 29 December 1960) was an English author, poet and dramatist. He was born in Mount Abu , India, was educated in Plymouth, Devon, and worked as an insurance officer for ten years before studying for the stage and eventually becoming a writer.
Eden Phillpotts (born November 4, 1862, Mount Abu, Rajasthan, India—died December 29, 1960, Broad Clyst, near Exeter, Devon, England) was a British novelist, poet, and dramatist especially noted for novels evoking their Devon setting in a manner reminiscent of the style of Thomas Hardy.
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Sep 11, 2023 · Learn about the life and works of Eden Phillpotts, a prolific and long-lived author of novels, plays and short stories. Discover how he encouraged Agatha Christie to pursue her writing career and why he was called the "Thomas Hardy of Dartmoor".
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Eden Phillpotts has 337 books on Goodreads with 2683 ratings. Eden Phillpotts’s most popular book is The Red Redmaynes.
Mar 27, 2016 · Eden Phillpotts died on the 29th of December 1960 at the ripe old age of 98, and if that doesn’t say something for the healthy Dartmoor air nothing will. All in all it is estimated that Eden Phillpotts had 250 books, articles, plays etc published throughout his career.
Eden Philpotts was an English novelist, short-story writer, and playwright with a particular interest in the county of Devon. His works include a cycle of 18 novels set in Dartmoor. See also: Harrington Hext.
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