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Margaret Moore Kennedy (23 April 1896 – 31 July 1967) was an English novelist and playwright. Her most successful work, as a novel and as a play, was The Constant Nymph. She was a productive writer and several of her works were filmed.
Margaret Kennedy was an English novelist and playwright. She attended Cheltenham Ladies' College, where she began writing, and then went up to Somerville College, Oxford in 1915 to read history. Her first publication was a history book, A Century of Revolution (1922). Margaret Kennedy was married to the barrister David Davies.
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Margaret Kennedy has 30 books on Goodreads with 16871 ratings. Margaret Kennedy’s most popular book is The Feast.
Learn about Margaret Kennedy (1896—1967), a British writer of novels and plays, best known for The Constant Nymph (1924). Find entries from various Oxford sources, such as dictionaries and companions, with brief biographical information and references.
Margaret Kennedy. 3.69. 700 ratings105 reviews. Tessa is the daughter of a brilliant bohemian composer, Albert Sanger, who with his "circus" of precocious children, slovenly mistress, and assortment of hangers-on, lives in a rambling chalet high in the Austrian Alps.
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Kennedy, Margaret (1896–1967) British novelist, playwright, and critic. Born Margaret Moore Kennedy in London, England, on April 23, 1896; died in Adderbury, Oxfordshire, England, on July 31, 1967; eldest of four children of Charles Moore Kennedy (a barrister) and Elinor (Marwood) Kennedy; attended Cheltenham Ladies' College; received honors ...
The Constant Nymph is a 1924 novel by Margaret Kennedy. It tells how a teenage girl falls in love with a family friend, who eventually marries her cousin. It explores the protagonists' complex family histories, focusing on class, education and creativity.
