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Warwick Deeping

Born

in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, The United Kingdom

May 28, 1877

Died

April 20, 1950

Website

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warwick_Deeping

Genre

Historical Fiction, Romance

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George Warwick Deeping was a prolific novelist and short story writer, who is best known for his 1925 novel "Sorrell and Son."

Deeping was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, then Trinity College, Cambridge to study medicine and science, and then to Middlesex Hospital to finish his medical training. During the First World War, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps. He later gave up his job as a doctor to become a full-time writer.

Deeping's early work was primarily historical romances. His later novels can be seen as attempts at keeping alive the spirit of the Edwardian age. He was one of the best selling authors of the 1920s and 1930s, with seven of his novels making the best-seller list. His short fiction also appeared in several US m ...more

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Average rating: 3.87 · 594 ratings · 129 reviews · 177 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sorrell and Son 4.07 avg rating — 259 ratings — published 1928 — 111 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
	Sincerity 3.74 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1912 — 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 House of Spies: Historical Thriller 3.85 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1938 — 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
	Kitty 3.60 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1927 — 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
	Uther and Igraine 3.89 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1903 — 60 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
	Doomsday 3.88 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1927 — 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
	Roper's Row 3.67 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1929 — 53 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
	Laughing House 3.94 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1946 — 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
	A Woman's War really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1907 — 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
	The Ten Commandments 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1901 — 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

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“She lay still awhile, and let her thoughts dance like the motes in the shimmer of sunlight that stole in between the branches.”
― Warwick Deeping, Uther and Igraine

tags: dust, thinking, thoughts

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“She climbed out, and stood like a water nymph, her body agleam and asparkle with its dew, her skin like rare silk, smooth as a star's glance. Down fell her hair like smoke. She stretched her arms to the moon, and laughed, aglow with the warmth gotten of her swim.”
― Warwick Deeping, Uther and Igraine

tags: nymph, water-nymph

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“Night was in the sky, night in her winter austerity - keen, clear, a-glitter with stars as though her robe were spangled with cosmic frost.”
― Warwick Deeping, Uther and Igraine

tags: night, stars, winter

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