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Mrs. Meigs #2
A Nice Long Evening
"At eighty, even faced with approaching blindness, Mrs. Meigs is undaunted, and persists in engineering the lives of all about her, of providing amusement for her friends and neighbors, of leading her own life in her own way, which does not include lace caps and a wheel chair." -from: Kirkus Reviews
218 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1933
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About the author
Elizabeth Corbett
63 books3 followersNot to be confused with Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett, Elizabeth T. Corbett, or Elizabeth Jane Corbett.
Elizabeth Frances Corbett was a native of Aurora, Ill. She grew up in a Milwaukee suburb and won a B.A. degree at the University of Wisconsin, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. For more than 50 years Miss Corbett wrote a succession of historical or period novels that were consistently popular, particularly among women. Reviewers often termed her nostalgic works ''entertaining'' and ''friendly'' without being ''significant.'' In 1981 she died in Manhattan at age 93.
Elizabeth Frances Corbett was a native of Aurora, Ill. She grew up in a Milwaukee suburb and won a B.A. degree at the University of Wisconsin, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. For more than 50 years Miss Corbett wrote a succession of historical or period novels that were consistently popular, particularly among women. Reviewers often termed her nostalgic works ''entertaining'' and ''friendly'' without being ''significant.'' In 1981 she died in Manhattan at age 93.
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