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Author:

Taylor, D. J. (David John), 1960- author.

Title:

The lost girls : love & literature in wartime London / D.J. Taylor.

Edition:

First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.

Publisher:

Pegasus Books,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xii, 387 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Subject:

Koch, Lys Dunlap,--1917-1989.
Orwell, Sonia.
Skelton, Barbara.
Woolley, Janetta.
Connolly, Cyril,--1903-1974--Friends and associates.
Women--Great Britain--20th century--Biography.
Great Britain--Social life and customs--20th century.
Connolly, Cyril,--1903-1974--Relations with women.
London (England)--Social life and customs--20th century.
Women--Great Britain--History--20th century.
Great Britain--Social conditions--20th century.
Great Britain--Intellectual life--20th century.
Great Britain--History--George VI, 1936-1952.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

"Who were the Lost Girls? Chic, glamorous, and bohemian, as likely to be found living in a rat-haunted maisonette as dining at the Ritz, Lys Lubbock, Sonia Brownell, Barbara Skelton, and Janetta Parlade cut a swath through English literary and artistic life at the height of World War II."--Amazon.

ISBN:

9781643133157
1643133152

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1104401311

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)