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Elizabeth Taylor

Born

in Reading, Berkshire, England, The United Kingdom

July 03, 1912

Died

November 19, 1975

Website

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Genre

Literature & Fiction

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Elizabeth Taylor (née Coles) was a popular English novelist and short story writer. Elizabeth Coles was born in Reading, Berkshire in 1912. She was educated at The Abbey School, Reading, and worked as a governess, as a tutor and as a librarian.

In 1936, she married John William Kendall Taylor, a businessman. She lived in Penn, Buckinghamshire, for almost all her married life.

Her first novel, At Mrs. Lippincote's, was published in 1945 and was followed by eleven more. Her short stories were published in various magazines and collected in four volumes. She also wrote a children's book.

Taylor's work is mainly concerned with the nuances of "everyday" life and situations, which she writes about with dexterity. Her shrewd but affectionate portraya ...more

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Elizabeth Taylor’s books

Average rating: 3.92 · 26,969 ratings · 4,244 reviews · 68 distinct works • Similar authors

	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont 3.98 avg rating — 12,230 ratings — published 1971 — 55 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
	Angel by Elizabeth Taylor, Hilary Mantel (Introduction) 3.88 avg rating — 3,181 ratings — published 1957 — 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 View Of The Harbour by Elizabeth Taylor, Sarah Waters (Introduction) 3.88 avg rating — 1,961 ratings — published 1947 — 34 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 Game of Hide and Seek 3.79 avg rating — 1,389 ratings — published 1951 — 26 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 Soul of Kindness by Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Bailey (Introduction) 3.92 avg rating — 1,173 ratings — published 1964 — 27 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
	In a Summer Season 3.86 avg rating — 1,183 ratings — published 1961 — 7 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
	At Mrs Lippincote's 3.82 avg rating — 1,110 ratings — published 1945 — 27 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 Wreath of Roses 3.87 avg rating — 873 ratings — published 1949 — 16 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
	Blaming by Elizabeth Taylor, Jonathan Keates (Introduction) 3.88 avg rating — 850 ratings — published 1976 — 21 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
	Palladian 3.51 avg rating — 612 ratings — published 1946 — 21 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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Quotes by Elizabeth Taylor (?)

“It is very strange that the years teach us patience - that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.”
― Elizabeth Taylor, A Wreath of Roses

tags: life

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“A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life to be thankful for a good one.”
― Elizabeth Taylor

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“I call upon you to draw from the depths of your being — to prove that we are a human race, to prove that our love outweighs our need to hate, that our compassion is more compelling than our need to blame”
― Elizabeth Taylor

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Polls

May 2025 - New School Poll

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (2003) 537 pages

26 votes, 22.0%

Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson (1980) 219 pages

25 votes, 21.2%

How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn (1939) 448 pages

19 votes, 16.1%

Malone Dies by Samuel Beckett (1951) 127 pages

18 votes, 15.3%

Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr. (1978) 279 pages

17 votes, 14.4%

Random Harvest by James Hilton (1941) 326 pages

7 votes, 5.9%

In a Summer Season by Elizabeth Taylor (1961) 259 pages

6 votes, 5.1%

118 total votes

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