Mary de la Riviere Manley

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Born	April 7, 1663 • Jersey • Channel Islands
Died	July 11, 1724 (aged 61) • London • England
Notable Works	“Secret Memoirs…of Several Persons of Quality”

Sir Stephen Spender

English poet

Muriel Spark

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A.A. Milne

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Sylvia Townsend Warner

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Eric Linklater

British novelist

Mulk Raj Anand

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Sean O’Faolain

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Barbara Pym

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William Makepeace Thackeray

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George Orwell

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C.S. Lewis

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Rudyard Kipling

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J.R.R. Tolkien

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Arthur Conan Doyle

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Nick Hornby

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Ann Radcliffe

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G.K. Chesterton

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Martin Amis

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Noël Coward

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Doris Lessing

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