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Sheila Kaye-Smith

Born

in St Leonards-on-Sea, The United Kingdom

February 04, 1887

Died

January 14, 1956

Genre

Fiction, Women & Gender Studies, Classics

Influences

Thomas Hardy, Jane Austen ...more

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The daughter of a country doctor, Shelia Kaye-Smith was born in St Leonards-on-Sea near Hastings. Her first novel, The Tramping Methodist was published when she was 21. In 1923 her book, The End of the House of Alard became a best-seller and gave her national prominence. She went on to write over 40 books.

Kaye-Smith's early novels were chiefly pre-occupied with rural life in Sussex and Kent. They focused on farming, land inheritance, agricultural mechanisation and changing women's roles in rural life. Joanna Godden, arguably her most famous novel, was adapted into a film in 1947.

Her later books focused on her religious pre-occupations, and her conversion to catholicism. She was also a passionate scholar of Jane Austen and with her friend, ...more

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Sheila Kaye-Smith’s books

Average rating: 3.77 · 215 ratings · 59 reviews · 114 distinct works • Similar authors

	Joanna Godden by Sheila Kaye-Smith, Rachel Anderson (Introduction) 3.84 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1921 — 78 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
	Speaking of Jane Austen by Sheila Kaye-Smith, G.B. Stern 4.06 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1943 — 6 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 End of the House of Alard 4.13 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1923 — 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
	Susan Spray 3.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1931 — 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
	كل الكتب في حياتي by Sheila Kaye-Smith, عبدالله التويجري (ترجمة) 3.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1956 — 5 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
	More About Jane Austen by Sheila Kaye-Smith, G.B. Stern 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1949 — 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
	Sussex Gorse: The Story of a Fight 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	Isle of Thorns 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 6 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
	Superstition Corner 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1934 — 15 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 View from the Parsonage 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1954 — 6 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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