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Norman Collins

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October 03, 1907

Died

January 01, 1982

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Norman Collins born 3 October 1907, died 1982, was a British writer, and later a radio and television executive, who became one of the major figures behind the establishment of the Independent Television (ITV) network in the UK. This was the first organisation to break the BBC’s broadcasting monopoly when it began transmitting in 1955.

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Average rating: 4.17 · 1,651 ratings · 258 reviews · 37 distinct works • Similar authors

	London Belongs to Me 4.22 avg rating — 1,330 ratings — published 1945 — 32 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
	Bond Street Story really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 1959 — 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
	The Husband's Story 4.06 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1978 — 9 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 Children of the Archbishop 4.05 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1951 — 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
	Love in our Time 4.16 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1943 — 8 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 Governor's Lady 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1968 — 19 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
	Anna 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1960 — 13 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
	Black Ivory 3.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1948 — 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
	Penang Appointment 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1934 — 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
	Bat that Flits liked it 3.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1952 — 9 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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“It was her clothes that did it...they clashed violently with the buff distemper of the walls.”
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“Mr. Ankerson, however, was well provided for already. He had ordered a bottle of whisky for himself and was quietly enjoying a one-man orgy in the corner.”
― Norman Collins, Love in our Time

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“He felt like a satrap amid all those acres of sheets. But this morning it was different. He was simply lying there and adding up the future like a sum; and whichever way he added it, it came out wrong.”
― Norman Collins, Love in our Time

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2nd Quarter 2023 Long Read Poll

Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell, 1866, 679 pages

74 votes, 36.8%

Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family by Thomas Mann, 1901, 731 pages

40 votes, 19.9%

The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone, 1958, 776 pages

36 votes, 17.9%

The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo, 1869, 672 pages

21 votes, 10.4%

In the First Circle by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 1968, 742 pages

18 votes, 9.0%

London Belongs to Me by Norman Collins, 1945, 738 pages

12 votes, 6.0%

201 total votes

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