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Elizabeth Cadell

Born

in Calcutta, India

November 10, 1903

Died

October 09, 1989

Website

https://www.elizabethcadell.com

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers

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Violet Elizabeth Vandyke was born on 10 November 1903 in Calcutta, British Raj, daughter of British parents, Elizabeth Lynch and Frederick Reginald Vandyke, a colonial officer. During the Great War she studied music in London, but refused a musical career and returned to India where she married in 1928 Henry Dunlop Raymond Mallock Cadell, and they had a son and daughter. After she was widowed ten years later, she returned to England.

Elizabeth wrote her first book 'My Dear Aunt Flora' during the Second World War in 1946, there after producing another 51 light-hearted, humourous and romantic books which won her a faithful readership in England and America. In addition to England and India, many of her books are set in Spain, France, and Portu ...more

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Elizabeth Cadell’s books

Average rating: 4.04 · 13,033 ratings · 1,241 reviews · 103 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Corner Shop 4.01 avg rating — 1,023 ratings — published 1966 — 18 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 Lark Shall Sing (Waynes of Wood Mount, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 580 ratings — published 1955 — 24 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 Friendly Air 4.09 avg rating — 435 ratings — published 1970 — 17 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 Blue Sky of Spring (Waynes of Wood Mount #2) 4.12 avg rating — 395 ratings — published 1956 — 14 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
	Six Impossible Things (Waynes of Wood Mount #3) by Elizabeth Cadell, Aparna Bera (Illustrator) 4.13 avg rating — 389 ratings — published 1961 — 17 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 Fledgling 4.19 avg rating — 353 ratings — published 1975 — 18 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
	Language of the Heart by Elizabeth Cadell, Nikita Garets (Illustrator) 4.30 avg rating — 329 ratings — published 1962 — 25 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
	Out of the Rain by Elizabeth Cadell, Nikita Garets (Illustrator) 4.09 avg rating — 290 ratings — published 1987 — 13 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
	Canary Yellow 4.04 avg rating — 289 ratings — published 1964 — 23 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 Fox From His Lair 4.10 avg rating — 283 ratings — published 1965 — 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

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Series by Elizabeth Cadell

Waynes of Wood Mount (3 books)
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Elizabeth Cadell,

Aparna Bera (Illustrator)

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Quotes by Elizabeth Cadell (?)

“You'll be happy if you'll remember that men don't change much. Women do. Women adapt themselves, and if you think that means they lose their individuality, you're wrong. Show me a happy marriage and I'll show you a clever woman.”
― Elizabeth Cadell

tags: marriage

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“I can't help feeling that people ask too much [of life]. They don't keep up with the Joneses any more--they outstrip them. What people call happiness, today, isn't happiness. It's enjoyment. It's pleasure. And between happiness and pleasure there's a very large gap.”
― Elizabeth Cadell, Out of the Rain

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“How can any child grope its way through life if its parents or guardians tear up all the pages of the past?”
― Elizabeth Cadell, The Fledgling

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