Elizabeth Jane Howard





Elizabeth Jane Howard

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March 26, 1923 in London, The United Kingdom

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Elizabeth Jane Howard, CBE is an English novelist. She was an actress and a model before becoming a novelist. In 1951, she won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for her first novel, The Beautiful Visit. Six further novels followed, before she embarked on her best known work, a four novel family saga set in wartime England. The Light Years, Marking Time, Confusion, and Casting Off were serialised by Cinema Verity for BBC television as The Cazalets (The Light Years, Marking Time, Confusion and Casting Off). She has also written a book of short stories, Mr Wrong, and edited two anthologies.



Average rating: 4.01 · 1,836 ratings · 180 reviews · 33 distinct works
The Light Years (Cazalet Ch...
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MARKING TIME (Cazalet Chron...
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Confusion (Cazalet Chronicl...
4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 310 ratings — published 1994 — 6 editions
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CASTING OFF (Cazalet Chroni...
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 278 ratings — published 1995 — 7 editions
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Falling
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Odd Girl Out
3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 1972 — 6 editions
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The LONG VIEW
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The Beautiful Visit
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 36 ratings6 editions
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Getting It Right
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1983 — 5 editions
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Slipstream
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions
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The Light Years MARKING TIME Confusion CASTING OFF
Cazalet Chronicles (4 books)
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“She laughed at bad jokes, stayed out too late, and overslept too often. Charity Hill loved holidays and she hated budgets and the alarm clock.”
Elizabeth Jane Howard, Mr. Wrong

“Sit down and tell me everything, child. Hurt feelings and hopeless despair are no match for tea and biscuits.”
Elizabeth Jane Howard, The Beautiful Visit

“You can't run from feelings, Charity. You have to face them. Otherwise your future will look just like your past.”
Elizabeth Jane Howard, Mr. Wrong

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