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Elizabeth Bowen

Born

in Dublin, Ireland

June 07, 1899

Died

February 22, 1973

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Elizabeth Dorothea Cole Bowen, CBE was an Anglo-Irish novelist and short story writer and short story writer notable for her books about the "big house" of Irish landed Protestants as well her fiction about life in wartime London. ...more

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Average rating: 3.61 · 29,717 ratings · 3,781 reviews · 210 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Death of the Heart 3.63 avg rating — 9,606 ratings — published 1938 — 2 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 Last September 3.45 avg rating — 3,858 ratings — published 1929 — 68 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 House in Paris 3.72 avg rating — 2,818 ratings — published 1935 — 76 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 Heat of the Day 3.39 avg rating — 2,961 ratings — published 1948 — 44 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 Demon Lover 3.57 avg rating — 819 ratings — published 1941 — 11 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
	To the North 3.68 avg rating — 652 ratings — published 1932 — 29 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
	Eva Trout 3.41 avg rating — 667 ratings — published 1968 — 43 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 World of Love 3.36 avg rating — 610 ratings — published 1955 — 33 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 Collected Stories 4.01 avg rating — 473 ratings — published 1981 — 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
	The Hotel 3.39 avg rating — 496 ratings — published 1927 — 12 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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“Darling, I don't want you; I've got no place for you; I only want what you give. I don't want the whole of anyone.... What you want is the whole of me-isn't it, isn't it?-and the whole of me isn't there for anybody. In that full sense you want me I don't exist.”
― Elizabeth Bowen, The Death of the Heart

tags: book, dialogue, introspective, sad

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“A romantic man often feels more uplifted with two women than with one: his love seems to hit the ideal mark somewhere between two different faces.”
― Elizabeth Bowen, The Death of the Heart

tags: humor, men, romance

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“But to be quite oneself one must first waste a little time.”
― Elizabeth Bowen

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The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle

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Invitation to the Waltz by Rosamond Lehmann

2 votes, 22.2%

The House in Paris by Elizabeth Bowen

1 vote, 11.1%

Footsteps in the Dark by Georgette Heyer

1 vote, 11.1%

Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers

1 vote, 11.1%

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