Lucy Carmichael
First US edition
AuthorMargaret Kennedy
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama
PublisherMacmillan (UK)
Rinehart (US)
Publication date
1951
Media typePrint

Lucy Carmichael is a 1951 romantic drama novel by the British writer Margaret Kennedy. It was her tenth published novel.[1][2] It was well-received by critics but did not repeat the success of her earlier hits The Constant Nymph and Escape Me Never.[3] It was a Literary Guild choice in America.[4] In 2011 it was reissued by Faber and Faber.

Her next novel Troy Chimneys was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for 1953.[5]

Synopsis

After Lucy Carmichael is jilted at the altar she slowly rebuilds her life by taking a job at an educational institute in rural Lincolnshire.

References

  1. ↑ Vinson p.403
  2. ↑ Stringer & Sutherland p.358
  3. ↑ Hartley p.526
  4. ↑ Hammill p.150
  5. ↑ Hammill p.150

Bibliography

  • Hammill, Faye. Women, Celebrity, and Literary Culture Between the Wars. University of Texas Press, 2007.
  • Hartley, Cathy. A Historical Dictionary of British Women. Routledge, 2013.
  • Vinson, James. Twentieth-Century Romance and Gothic Writers. Macmillan, 1982.
  • Stringer, Jenny & Sutherland, John. The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-century Literature in English. Oxford University Press, 1996.


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