Margaret Kennedy – 1896-1967
One of the most diverse authors I have enjoyed. All of her books are well-crafted. Some books better than others, and everyone has a favorite!
Posts I have written about Margaret Kennedy and her books:
Lucy Carmichael (1951) [Part One]
Other resources: Beyond Eden Rock, where blog author Jane hosts a Margaret Kennedy reading event every year. Do a little exploring and you’ll find links to other reviews from reader’s blogs.
A Bibliography (via wiki)
- A Century of Revolution 1789-1920 ([London]: Methuen, 1922), history.
- The Ladies of Lyndon (London: Heinemann, 1923), novel.
- The Constant Nymph (London: Heinemann, 1924; Leipzig), novel.
- With Basil Dean: The Constant Nymph – from the novel (London: Heinemann, 1926), play.
- A Long Week-End (London: Heinemann, 1927), limited e. of short magazine story.[11]
- Red Sky at Morning (London: Heinemann, 1927), novel.
- With Basil Dean: Come with Me (London: Heinemann, 1928), play.
- Dewdrops (London: Heinemann, 1928), limited e. of short girls’ school story.[12]
- The Game and the Candle (London: Heinemann, 1928), limited e. of short magazine story.[13]
- The Fool of the Family (London: Heinemann, 1930), novel, sequel to The Constant Nymph.
- Return I Dare Not (London: Heinemann, 1931), novel
- A Long Time Ago (London: Heinemann, 1932), novel.
- Escape Me Never! A play in three acts (London: Heinemann, 1934), dramatization of The Fool of the Family.
- Together and Apart (London: Cassell, 1936), novel.
- With Gregory Ratoff: Autumn (1937), play.
- The Midas Touch (London: Cassell, 1938), novel.
- Happy with Either (1948), play.
- The Mechanized Muse. P. E. N. series (London: G. Allen & Unwin, 1942), on the cinema.
- The Feast (London: Cassell, 1950), novel.
- Lucy Carmichael (London: Macmillan, 1951), novel.
- Jane Austen. Novelists Series No. 1 (London: Barker, 1950), biography/criticism.
- Troy Chimneys (London: Macmillan, 1953), novel.
- The Oracles (London: Macmillan, 1955), novel.
- The Heroes of Clone (London: Macmillan, 1957), novel.
- The Outlaws on Parnassus. On the art of the novel (London: Cresset Press, 1958), criticism.
- A Night in Cold Harbour (London: Macmillan, 1960), novel.
- The Forgotten Smile (London: Macmillan, 1961), novel.
- Not in the Calendar: The Story of a Friendship (London: Macmillan, 1964), novel.
- Women at Work (London: Macmillan, 1966), two novellas.