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Mollie Panter-Downes

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born

August 25, 1906

died

January 22, 1997

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Mary Patricia "Mollie" Panter-Downes (25 August 1906—22 January 1997) was a novelist and newspaper columnist for The New Yorker. Aged sixteen, she wrote The Shoreless Sea which became a bestseller; eight editions were published in 1923 and 1924, and the book was serialised in The Daily Mirror. Her second novel The Chase was published in 1925.

After her marriage to Aubrey Robinson in 1927, the couple moved to Surrey, and in 1938 Panter-Downes began writing for the New Yorker, first a series of short stories, and from September 1939, a column entitled Letter from London, which she wrote until 1984. The collected columns were later published as Letters from England (1940) and London War Notes (1972).

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	Good Evening, Mrs Craven: The Wartime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 250 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Fine Day 4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 1947 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Minnie's Room: The Peacetime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes 4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2002	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	London War Notes, 1939-1945 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1971 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ooty Preserved: A Victorian Hill Station in India 2.5 of 5 stars 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1954 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Good Evening Mrs. Craven The Wartime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letter From England 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1940	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	At The Pines: Swinburne And Watts Dunton In Putney 3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ash-Tree Press Annual Macabre 1997 by Jack Adrian, Rob Suggs (Goodreads Author) (Cover Artist), Patricia Wentworth (Contributor) 3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1997	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The New Yorker book of war pieces : London 1939 to Hiroshima 1945 by The New Yorker, Mollie Panter-Downes (Contributor), John Hersey (Contributor) 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1989	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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