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Survival
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339 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1943
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Phyllis Bottome
117 books8 followersBottome was born in 1882, in Rochester, Kent, the daughter of an American clergyman, Rev. William MacDonald Bottome, and an Englishwoman, Mary (Leatham) Bottome.[2]
In 1901, following the death of her sister Wilmott of the same disease, Bottome was diagnosed with tuberculosis.[3] She travelled to St Moritz in the hope that this would improve her health as mountain air was perceived as better for patients with tuberculosis.[3]
In 1917, in Paris, she married Alban Ernan Forbes Dennis, a British diplomat working firstly in Marseilles and then in Vienna as Passport Control Officer, a cover for his real role as MI6 Head of Station with responsibility for Austria, Hungary and Yugoslavia.[4][5] They had met in 1904 at a villa in St Moritz, where Bottome was lodging.[6]
Bottome studied individual psychology under Alfred Adler while in Vienna.[7][5]
In 1924 she and her husband started a school in Kitzbühel in Austria. Based on the teaching of languages, the school was intended to be a community and an educational laboratory to determine how psychology and educational theory could cure the ills of nations. One of their more famous pupils was Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond novels. In 1960, Fleming wrote to Bottome, "My life with you both is one of my most cherished memories, and heaven knows where I should be today without Ernan."[8][page needed] It has been argued that Fleming took the idea of James Bond from the character Mark Chalmers in Bottome's spy novel The Lifeline.[9][10]
In 1935, her novel Private Worlds was made into a film of the same title. Set in a psychiatric clinic, Bottome's knowledge of individual psychology proved useful in creating a realistic scene. Bottome saw her share of trouble with Danger Signal, which the Hays Office forbade from becoming a Hollywood film. Germany became Bottome's home in the late 1930s,[7][page needed] and it inspired her novel The Mortal Storm, the film of which was the first to mention Hitler's name and be set in Nazi Germany. Bottome was an active anti-fascist.[11]
In total, four of her works—Private Worlds, The Mortal Storm, Danger Signal, and The Heart of a Child—were adapted to film.[12] In addition to fiction, she is also known as an Adlerian who wrote a biography of Alfred Adler.[13]
Bottome died in London on 22 August 1963. Forbes Dennis would die in July 1972 in Brighton.
There is a large collection of her literary papers and correspondence in the British Library acquired in 2000 (Add MSS 78832-78903).[14] A second tranche, consisting of correspondence and literary manuscripts, was acquired by the British Library in 2005.[15] The British Library also holds the Phyllis Bottome/Hodder-Salmon Papers consisting of correspondence, papers and press cuttings relating to Bottome.[16]
In 1901, following the death of her sister Wilmott of the same disease, Bottome was diagnosed with tuberculosis.[3] She travelled to St Moritz in the hope that this would improve her health as mountain air was perceived as better for patients with tuberculosis.[3]
In 1917, in Paris, she married Alban Ernan Forbes Dennis, a British diplomat working firstly in Marseilles and then in Vienna as Passport Control Officer, a cover for his real role as MI6 Head of Station with responsibility for Austria, Hungary and Yugoslavia.[4][5] They had met in 1904 at a villa in St Moritz, where Bottome was lodging.[6]
Bottome studied individual psychology under Alfred Adler while in Vienna.[7][5]
In 1924 she and her husband started a school in Kitzbühel in Austria. Based on the teaching of languages, the school was intended to be a community and an educational laboratory to determine how psychology and educational theory could cure the ills of nations. One of their more famous pupils was Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond novels. In 1960, Fleming wrote to Bottome, "My life with you both is one of my most cherished memories, and heaven knows where I should be today without Ernan."[8][page needed] It has been argued that Fleming took the idea of James Bond from the character Mark Chalmers in Bottome's spy novel The Lifeline.[9][10]
In 1935, her novel Private Worlds was made into a film of the same title. Set in a psychiatric clinic, Bottome's knowledge of individual psychology proved useful in creating a realistic scene. Bottome saw her share of trouble with Danger Signal, which the Hays Office forbade from becoming a Hollywood film. Germany became Bottome's home in the late 1930s,[7][page needed] and it inspired her novel The Mortal Storm, the film of which was the first to mention Hitler's name and be set in Nazi Germany. Bottome was an active anti-fascist.[11]
In total, four of her works—Private Worlds, The Mortal Storm, Danger Signal, and The Heart of a Child—were adapted to film.[12] In addition to fiction, she is also known as an Adlerian who wrote a biography of Alfred Adler.[13]
Bottome died in London on 22 August 1963. Forbes Dennis would die in July 1972 in Brighton.
There is a large collection of her literary papers and correspondence in the British Library acquired in 2000 (Add MSS 78832-78903).[14] A second tranche, consisting of correspondence and literary manuscripts, was acquired by the British Library in 2005.[15] The British Library also holds the Phyllis Bottome/Hodder-Salmon Papers consisting of correspondence, papers and press cuttings relating to Bottome.[16]
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September 5, 2020
An historical fiction starting in April 1939 Austria and continuing to England and May 1941, with the book being published before the end of World War 11. Dr. Rudolph Ritterhaus is married with a small son but in 1939, Austria could see trouble coming with Hitler. The Dr. had a Jewish mother but had never practiced that religion and was married to a Gentile. One night he arrives home to find that his wife and son are gone, and when he searches for them at his in-laws, he finds them - only to find that his wife no longer wants anything to do with a Jew.
Surprisingly, friends of his in England arranged quickly for him to leave Austria and come to live with them and their small daughter in London. He does, but as with other refugees, he is initially not allowed to work in his field. His life there, with the beginning of the Nazi bombing is not easy, but he is alive, and as he quickly discovers, many English are dying nightly from the bombing.
From there, the doctor settles in and begins to practice his specialty of psychology, helping others determine what their problems are, and in some cases, even acknowledging that they have any problems. My question repeatedly was when and where the doctor- patient privilege ever kicked in because it seemed everyone disclosed all of their 'secrets' to him, and thus to one another. But the book was interesting, and as with the other books that I have read that were written during this time period - the author NOT KNOWING how the 'WAR' will turn out, or even which side a country will take- if any at all - or for or against Hitler - is interesting to speculate.
Surprisingly, friends of his in England arranged quickly for him to leave Austria and come to live with them and their small daughter in London. He does, but as with other refugees, he is initially not allowed to work in his field. His life there, with the beginning of the Nazi bombing is not easy, but he is alive, and as he quickly discovers, many English are dying nightly from the bombing.
From there, the doctor settles in and begins to practice his specialty of psychology, helping others determine what their problems are, and in some cases, even acknowledging that they have any problems. My question repeatedly was when and where the doctor- patient privilege ever kicked in because it seemed everyone disclosed all of their 'secrets' to him, and thus to one another. But the book was interesting, and as with the other books that I have read that were written during this time period - the author NOT KNOWING how the 'WAR' will turn out, or even which side a country will take- if any at all - or for or against Hitler - is interesting to speculate.
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