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Marjorie Benton Cooke

Born

in Richmond, Indiana, The United States

November 27, 1876

Died

April 21, 1920

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Novelist and playwright, Marjorie Benton Cooke was born on 27 November, 1876, in Richmond, Indiana. She was the daughter of Joseph H. and Jessie Benton Cooke. Her father was a salesman and had once served as treasurer for the city of Richmond. Marjorie attended preparatory schools in Detroit and Chicago before entering the University of Chicago.

Not long after her graduation in 1899, she became a successful recitalist of original monologues and sketches. By 1909 she was being called "the cleverest reader of monologues in America". It was also around this time that she began writing one-act plays and poetry. In 1905 she wrote the lyrics to the ditty "Is Yo'? Yo' Is!". Her first book, "The Girl Who Lived in the Woods", was published in 1910 an ...more

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Average rating: 3.82 · 425 ratings · 28 reviews · 21 distinct works • Similar authors

	Bambi 3.91 avg rating — 319 ratings — published 1914 — 67 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 Cricket by Marjorie Benton Cooke, J. Scott Williams (Illustrator) 3.89 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1919 — 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
	Cinderella Jane 3.32 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1917 — 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 Dual Alliance 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2010 — 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 clutch of circumstance 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Married? by Marjorie Benton Cooke, Reginald F. Bolles (Illustrator) it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1921 — 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
	Modern Monologues by Marjorie Benton Cooke, Eva Davis (Narrator), Linda Olsen Fitak (Narrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1903 — 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
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“There's nothing so unreliable as figures, and everybody but a mathematician knows that. Figures lie right to your face.”
― Marjorie Benton Cooke, Bambi

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“Isabelle’s”
― Marjorie Benton Cooke, The Cricket

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“the children go in the boats?”
― Marjorie Benton Cooke, The Cricket

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