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Jane Gardam

Born

in Coatham, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, The United Kingdom

July 11, 1928

Died

April 28, 2025

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Children's Books

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Jane Mary Gardam was an English writer of children's and adult fiction and literary critic. She also penned reviews for The Spectator and The Telegraph, and wrote for BBC Radio. She lived in Kent, Wimbledon, and Yorkshire. She won numerous literary awards, including the Whitbread Award twice. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours. ...more

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Average rating: 3.88 · 53,912 ratings · 7,512 reviews · 61 distinct works • Similar authors

	Old Filth (Old Filth, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 20,935 ratings — published 2004 — 71 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Man in the Wooden Hat (Old Filth, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 8,108 ratings — published 2009 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Last Friends (Old Filth, #3) 3.87 avg rating — 5,386 ratings — published 2013 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	God on the Rocks 3.71 avg rating — 2,199 ratings — published 1978 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crusoe's Daughter 3.80 avg rating — 1,830 ratings — published 1985 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Queen of the Tambourine 3.56 avg rating — 1,880 ratings — published 1991 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Long Way from Verona 3.82 avg rating — 1,746 ratings — published 1971 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Flight of the Maidens 3.63 avg rating — 1,734 ratings — published 2000 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bilgewater 3.90 avg rating — 1,558 ratings — published 1976	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hollow Land 3.93 avg rating — 1,004 ratings — published 1981 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Old Filth (3 books)
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“If you've not been loved as a child, you don't know how to love a child.”
― Jane Gardam, Old Filth

tags: parental-love

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“What I don't want is to be called an octogenarian. I saw 'Octogenarian Jane Gardam' and I thought 'Blow me!' I mean, I am, but that's not the point."

(Inteview, The Guardian, 8 January 2011)”
― Jane Gardam

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“The astounding thing about Paula is that she looks like Tess of the D´Urbervilles, and she sounds like Tess of the D´Urbervilles, and she thinks like Tess of the D´Urbervilles and yet she is so different from Tess of the D´Urbervilles. I expect she comes from a different part of Dorset.”
― Jane Gardam, Bilgewater

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Leerling en Meester van Robin Hobb - 352 pagina's

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Val der titanen van Ken Follett - 928 pagina's

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6 votes, 5.1%

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6 votes, 5.1%

Een onberispelijke man van Jane Gardam - 320 pagina's

5 votes, 4.2%

Schaduw van de Vos van Julie Kagawa - 416 pagina's

4 votes, 3.4%

Wolf Hall van Hilary Mantel - 653 pagina's

4 votes, 3.4%

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3 votes, 2.5%

Allerzielen van Deborah Harkness - 656 pagina's

2 votes, 1.7%

Rosalinds leugen van Muna Shehadi - 384 pagina's

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Dochters van een nieuwe tijd van Carmen Korn - 528 pagina's

1 vote, 0.8%

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